cúil

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See also: cuil and cùil

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cuil, from Proto-Celtic *kūlos, from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-lo-, from *(s)kewH- (to cover).

Noun

cúil f (genitive singular cúlach, nominative plural cúlacha)

  1. corner, nook
  2. heap, store
Declension
Declension of cúil (fifth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cúil cúlacha
vocative a chúil a chúlacha
genitive cúlach cúlacha
dative cúil
cúlaigh (archaic, dialectal)
cúlacha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an chúil na cúlacha
genitive na cúlach na gcúlacha
dative leis an gcúil
leis an gcúlaigh (archaic, dialectal)
don chúil
don chúlaigh (archaic, dialectal)
leis na cúlacha
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

cúil m

  1. inflection of cúl:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural
  2. Alternative form of cúl

Mutation

Mutated forms of cúil
radical lenition eclipsis
cúil chúil gcúil

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