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caol
caol
Irish
Adjective
caol (genitive singular masculine caoil, genitive singular feminine caoile, plural caola, comparative caoile)
- thin, slender
- fine
- narrow
- (linguistics) slender, palatalized
- weak, dilute
- slight
- subtle
Declension
Declension of caol
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | caol | chaol | caola; chaola² |
|
| Vocative | chaoil | caola | ||
| Genitive | caoile | caola | caol | |
| Dative | caol; chaol¹ |
chaol; chaoil (archaic) |
caola; chaola² |
|
| Comparative | níos caoile | |||
| Superlative | is caoile | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| caol | chaol | gcaol |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “cáel” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “caol” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- "caol" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish cáel, from Proto-Celtic *koylos (“thin”) (compare Cornish and Welsh cul).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰɯːɫ̪/
Adjective
caol
Antonyms
Derived terms
- caol-shràid
- ceàrn caol - acute angle
Noun
caol m (genitive singular caoil, plural caoiltean)
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