càl

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cal"

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

càdhal

Etymology

From Old English cāl, cāul, cāwel, from Latin caulis. Cognate with Irish cál, English cole and kale, Icelandic kál, German Kohl, etc.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʰaːl̪ˠ/

Noun

càl m (genitive singular càil, no plural)

colewort, greens, cabbage, kale
name for all sorts of cabbage
Scotch broth of which kale is a principal ingredient
dinner
An d' fhuair thu do chàl? ― Did you have your dinner (kale)?
(rare) joke

Derived terms

càl amh (“lettuce”)
càl ceannan (“bubble and squeak”)
càl liath-ghlas (“Chenopodium album”)
càl na mara (“sea kale”)
càl nan each (“horseradish”)
càl purpaidh (“red cabbage”)
càl ribeach (“(vegetable) greens”)
càl sgeallain (“mustard greens”)
càl-bloinigein (“spinach”)
càl-broillein (“broccoli”)
càl-carrach (“cauliflower”)
càl-ceairsleach (“curly kale”)
càl-colaig (“cauliflower”)
càl-colbhairt (“wild cabbage”)
càl-crasgach (“kale”)
càl-deanntaige (“nettle leaves; nettle soup”)
càl-duilisg (“dulse pudding”)
càl-earraich (“spring greens”)
càl-geal (“white cabbage”)
càl-greannach (“curly kale”)
càl-gruithean (“cauliflower”)
càl-grutha (“cauliflower”)
càl-gruthach (“cauliflower”)
càl-Manainneach (“Coincya monensis”)
càl-Phàdraig (“Saxifraga spathularis”)
cal-shalann (“alkali”)
càl-slapach (“Chenopodium album”)
càl-tràgha (“sea kale”)

Mutation

Mutation of *càl*
radical	lenition
càl	chàl

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

Further reading

Edward Dwelly (1911) “càl”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC

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