Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• càdhal

Noun

càl m ‎(genitive singular càil, no plural)

1. colewort, greens, cabbage, kale
2. name for all sorts of cabbage
3. Scotch broth of which kale is a principal ingredient
4. dinner

   An d' fhuair thu do chàl?‎ ― Did you have your dinner (kale)?

5. (rare) joke

Derived terms

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Complied by Malcolm MacLennan)