càmhal
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- cam-all, càmhul, gàmal
Etymology
From Old Irish camall, from Vulgar Latin *camellus, from Latin camēlus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kãː.əl̪ˠ/
Noun
càmhal m (genitive singular càmhail, plural càmhail)
- camel
Derived terms
- càmhal Bactriach (“Bactrian camel”)
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| càmhal | chàmhal |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “càmhal”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “camall”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language