cáil

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See also: cail and càil

Irish

Pronunciation

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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cáil cáileanna
Vocative a cháil a cháileanna
Genitive cáile cáileanna
Dative cáil cáileanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cháil na cáileanna
Genitive na cáile na gcáileanna
Dative leis an gcáil

don cháil

leis na cáileanna
Derived terms
  • cáiligh (“qualify”, verb)
  • cáiliúil (“celebrated for quality, famous; of medium quality, middling”, adjective)
  • cáilmheas m (“goodwill”)
  • dea-cháil f (“good reputation, fame; good quality”)
  • droch-cháil f (“bad reputation, ill repute; bad quality”)

Etymology 2

Noun

cáil m

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cáil cháil gcáil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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