caolú

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See also: cāolǜ and cǎolǜ

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

caolú m (genitive singular caolaithe, nominative plural caoluithe)

  1. verbal noun of caolaigh
  2. attenuation
  3. (phonology, phonetics) palatalization

Declension

Declension of caolú (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative caolú caoluithe
vocative a chaolú a chaoluithe
genitive caolaithe caoluithe
dative caolú caoluithe
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an caolú na caoluithe
genitive an chaolaithe na gcaoluithe
dative leis an gcaolú
don chaolú
leis na caoluithe

Mutation

Mutated forms of caolú
radical lenition eclipsis
caolú chaolú gcaolú

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

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