caoile

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish caíle, from Old Irish coíle.[3] By surface analysis, caol +‎ -e.

Noun

caoile f (genitive singular caoile)

  1. thinness, slenderness
  2. (phonology, phonetics) palatalized quality
Declension
Declension of caoile

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative caoile
Vocative a chaoile
Genitive caoile
Dative caoile

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an chaoile
Genitive na caoile
Dative leis an gcaoile

don chaoile

Further reading
  • “caoile”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “caoile”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 114
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caoile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

caoile

  1. inflection of caol:
    1. feminine genitive singular
    2. comparative degree

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.

References
  1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 71
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 48
  3. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “caíle”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰɯːlə/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish caíle, from Old Irish coíle.[1] By surface analysis, caol +‎ -e.

Noun

caoile f (genitive singular caoile, no plural)

  1. thinness, slenderness

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

caoile

  1. inflection of caol:
    1. feminine genitive singular
    2. comparative degree

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
caoilechaoile
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “caíle”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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