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cáel

cáel

See also: cael

Old Irish

Adjective

cáel

  1. thin, slender, narrow
  2. fine, delicate

Inflection

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Derived terms

Descendants

Noun

cáel m

  1. narrow
  2. strait

Inflection

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Descendants

  • Scottish Gaelic: caol

Mutation

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