caill
Irish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Irish coillid (“destroys”), from coll (“destruction”), from Proto-Celtic *koldom (compare Welsh coll (“defect, loss”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kold- (“strike, cut”) (compare Old English healtian (“limp”)).
Verb
editcaill (present analytic cailleann, future analytic caillfidh, verbal noun cailleadh, past participle caillte)
- lose
- (euphemistic, in autonomous forms) die
- Synonyms: básaigh, éag, faigh bás, síothlaigh
- Cailleadh sa chogadh é
- He died in the war (literally “He was lost in the war”)
Conjugation
edit* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
editcaill
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
caill | chaill | gcaill |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Old Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Celtic *kallī.
Noun
editcaill f (genitive caille)
Inflection
editFeminine ī-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | caillL | caillL | cailliH |
Vocative | caillL | caillL | cailliH |
Accusative | caillN | caillL | cailliH |
Genitive | cailleH | cailleL | cailleN |
Dative | caillL | caillib | caillib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
editMutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
caill | chaill | caill pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Irish coillid (“destroys”), from coll (“destruction”), from Proto-Celtic *koldo-, from Proto-Indo-European *kold- (“strike, cut”).
Verb
editcaill (past chaill, future caillidh, verbal noun call, past participle caillte)
Etymology 2
editNoun
editcaill m
Mutation
editScottish Gaelic mutation | |
---|---|
Radical | Lenition |
caill | chaill |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Welsh
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Welsh keill, from Proto-Brythonic *köll (compare Breton and Cornish kell), from Latin coleus, from Ancient Greek κολεός (koleós).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcaill f (plural ceilliau)
Derived terms
editMutation
edit- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish lemmas
- Irish verbs
- Irish euphemisms
- Irish terms with usage examples
- Irish first-conjugation verbs of class A
- Irish non-lemma forms
- Irish noun forms
- ga:Death
- Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish lemmas
- Old Irish nouns
- Old Irish feminine nouns
- Old Irish ī-stem nouns
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic verbs
- Scottish Gaelic terms with obsolete senses
- Scottish Gaelic terms borrowed from Latin
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Latin
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
- Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns
- gd:Anatomy
- Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh
- Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms derived from Latin
- Welsh terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Welsh/ai̯ɬ
- Rhymes:Welsh/ai̯ɬ/1 syllable
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh nouns
- Welsh countable nouns
- Welsh feminine nouns
- cy:Anatomy