caoile

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish caíle, from Old Irish coíle.[3] By surface analysis, caol +‎ -e.

Noun

caoile f (genitive singular caoile)

  1. thinness, slenderness
  2. (phonology, phonetics) palatalized quality
Declension
Declension of caoile

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative caoile
Vocative a chaoile
Genitive caoile
Dative caoile

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an chaoile
Genitive na caoile
Dative leis an gcaoile

don chaoile

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

caoile

  1. inflection of caol:
    1. feminine genitive singular
    2. comparative degree

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
caoile chaoile gcaoile
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 71
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 48
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caíle”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish caíle, from Old Irish coíle.[1] By surface analysis, caol +‎ -e.

Noun

caoile f (genitive singular caoile, no plural)

  1. thinness, slenderness

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

caoile

  1. inflection of caol:
    1. feminine genitive singular
    2. comparative degree

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
caoile chaoile
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caíle”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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