cúal

See also: cual, cuál, and cuâl

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kaulā, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂ulis, *keh₂ulós (“stalk”). Cognate with Latin caulis (“stem, stalk”), Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós, “stem”), Lithuanian káulas (“bone”), Sanskrit कुल्या (kulyā, “canal”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuːa̯l/

Noun

cúal f (genitive cúaile, nominative plural cúala)

  1. bundle (especially of sticks or firewood)
  2. faggot (bundle of sticks or brushwood)
  3. pile, heap

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative cúalL cúailL cúalaH
vocative cúalL cúailL cúalaH
accusative cúailN cúailL cúalaH
genitive cúaileH cúalL cúalN
dative cúailL cúalaib cúalaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: cual
  • Scottish Gaelic: cual
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: cúalle, cúalne

Mutation

Mutation of cúal
radical lenition nasalization
cúal chúal cúal
pronounced with /ɡ-/

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*kawlā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 196

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