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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish cáil (“quality, property”), from Latin quālitās.
Pronunciation
Noun
càil f (genitive singular càile, plural càilean)
- appetite, disposition, desire
- appearance
- (chiefly Lewis, Harris, Skye) anything, (negative context) nothing
- Synonyms: dad, func, heat, sgath, sìon, stuth
Chan fhaca mi càil as ùr.- I didn't see anything new. or: I saw nothing new.
- (colloquial, chiefly Lewis, Harris, Skye) nothing
1985, Calum and Rory MacDonald, “Air a' Chuan”, in Heartland, performed by Runrig, track 4:Càil ach muir, tonnan is cuan- Nothing but sea, waves and ocean
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.