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Scottish Gaelic
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)
- colewort, greens, cabbage, kale
- name for all sorts of cabbage
- Scotch broth of which kale is a principal ingredient
- dinner
- An d' fhuair thu do chàl? ― Did you have your dinner (kale)?
- (rare) joke
Derived terms
Mutation
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