cáel

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See also: cael and Cael

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish coíl, from Proto-Celtic *koilos (“thin”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *koyHlo- (Latvian kails (“bare, naked”)). Compare Cornish and Welsh cul.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (earlier) /kɤːl/, (later) /kɯːl/

Adjective

cáel (equative caílithir)

  1. thin, slender, narrow
  2. fine, delicate

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: caol
  • Manx: keyl
  • Scottish Gaelic: caol

Noun

cáel m

  1. narrow
  2. strait

Descendants

Mutation

Mutation of cáel
radical lenition nasalization
cáel cháel cáel
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “koylo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 220

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