caoile
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish caíle, from Old Irish coíle; surface analysis caol + -e
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkiːlʲə/
Noun
caoile f (genitive singular caoile)
- thinness, slenderness
- (phonology, phonetics) palatalized quality
Declension
Declension of caoile
Fourth declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
| Forms with the definite article
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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. | ||
Further reading
- “caoile” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “caíle”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “caoile” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 114.
- "caoile" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.