cáel

See also: cael and Cael

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• cóel

Etymology

From Old Irish coíl, from Proto-Celtic *koilos (“thin”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *koyHlo- (Latvian kails (“bare, naked”)). Compare Cornish and Welsh cul.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaːi̯l/

Adjective

cáel (equative caílithir)

1. thin, slender, narrow
2. fine, delicate

Inflection

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Derived terms

• cáelach
• cáelán
• *cáelas
• caíle

 

Descendants

• Irish: caol
• Manx: keyl
• Scottish Gaelic: caol
  • → English: kyle

Noun

cáel m

1. narrow
2. strait

Inflection

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Descendants

• Irish: caol
• Scottish Gaelic: caol

Mutation

Mutation of cáel

radical	lenition	nasalization
cáel	cháel	cáel pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cáel”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language