càl

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English cāl, cāul, cāwel, from Latin caulis. Cognate with Irish cál, English cole and kale, Icelandic kál, German Kohl, etc.

Pronunciation

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

Mutation

Mutation of càl
radical lenition
càl chàl

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “càl”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC