See also: cùil and cúil

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish cuil (fly; flea, gnat), from Proto-Celtic *kulis (compare Scottish Gaelic cuileag, Breton kelien, Welsh cylion), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱuH-ló- (compare Latin culex (gnat), Old Armenian սլաք (slakʻ, roasting spit)).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cuil f (genitive singular cuile, nominative plural cuileanna)

  1. fly, bug

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cuil chuil gcuil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *kulis, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱuH-ló-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cuil f (genitive unattested)

  1. fly
  2. (sometimes, perhaps) flea, gnat

Inflection

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Feminine i-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative cuil cuilL cuiliH
Vocative cuil cuilL cuiliH
Accusative cuilN cuilL cuiliH
Genitive coloH, colaH coloH, colaH cuileN
Dative cuilL cuilib cuilib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: cuil, cuileóc

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
cuil chuil cuil
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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