cáil

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See also: cail and càil

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑːlʲ/, /kaːlʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cáil, from Latin quālitās.

Noun

cáil f (genitive singular cáile, nominative plural cáileanna)

  1. reputation
  2. quality
  3. amount, portion
Declension
Declension of cáil (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cáil cáileanna
vocative a cháil a cháileanna
genitive cáile cáileanna
dative cáil cáileanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cháil na cáileanna
genitive na cáile na gcáileanna
dative leis an gcáil
don cháil 		leis na cáileanna
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

cáil m

  1. inflection of cál (“kale; cabbage”):
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Mutated forms of cáil
radical lenition eclipsis
cáil cháil gcáil

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 6, page 6
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch , Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 149
  3. ^ Hamilton, John Noel (1974) A Phonetic Study of the Irish of Tory Island, Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 3), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University Belfast, page 248
  4. ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 50, page 14
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