coel

See also: -coel and Coel

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *kuol.

Adjective

coel

1. cool

Inflection

Adjective

		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	indefinite	coel	coele	coel	coele
	definite	coele		coele
accusative	indefinite	coelen	coele	coel	coele
	definite			coele
genitive	indefinite	coels	coelre	coels	coelre
	definite	coels, coelen		coels, coelen
dative		coelen	coelre	coelen	coelen

Descendants

• Dutch: koel
  • Afrikaans: koel
• Limburgish: keul, kool

Further reading

• “coel”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “coele (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page coele

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh coel, from Old Welsh coil(i)ou, from Proto-Brythonic *koɨl, from Proto-Celtic *kailos (“omen”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“healthy, whole”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /koːɨ̯l/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /kɔi̯l/

Noun

coel f (plural coelion)

1. belief, trust

Derived terms

• anhygoel (“incredible”)
• argoel (“omen”)
• cerdyn coel (“credit card”)
• coelbren (“lot [used in determining a question by chance]”)
• coelio (“to believe”)
• ofergoel (“superstition”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of coel

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
coel	goel	nghoel	choel

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.