caolú

See also: cāolǜ and cǎolǜ

Irish

Alternative forms

• caolughadh (superseded)

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /keːˈl̪ˠuː/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːlˠuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːlˠu/

Noun

caolú m (genitive singular caolaithe, nominative plural caoluithe)

1. verbal noun of caolaigh
2. attenuation
3. (phonology, phonetics) palatalization

Declension

Declension of caolú

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative caolú caoluithe Vocative a chaolú a chaoluithe Genitive caolaithe caoluithe Dative caolú caoluithe

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an caolú na caoluithe Genitive an chaolaithe na gcaoluithe Dative leis an gcaolú don chaolú leis na caoluithe

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
caolú	chaolú	gcaolú
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “caolú”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cáelugud”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “caoluġaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 116
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caolú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN