caolas

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish *cáelas, equivalent to caol +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkeːl̪ˠəsˠ/, [kʰɰeːl̪ˠəsˠ]
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːlˠəsˠ/, [kʰɰiːlˠəsˠ]

Noun

caolas m (genitive singular caolais, nominative plural caolais)

1. (geography) strait, narrows
2. narrow place, bottleneck

Declension

Declension of caolas

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative caolas caolais Vocative a chaolais a chaolasa Genitive caolais caolas Dative caolas caolais

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an caolas na caolais Genitive an chaolais na gcaolas Dative leis an gcaolas don chaolas leis na caolais

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
caolas	chaolas	gcaolas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caolas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cáelas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “caolas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “caolas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish *cáelas, equivalent to caol +‎ -as.

Noun

caolas m (genitive singular caolais, plural caolan)

1. channel, narrows, kyle

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
caolas	chaolas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cáelas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language