coill
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Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]coill f (genitive singular coille, nominative plural coillte)
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- bé choille (“nymph”)
- bíonn cluasa ar an gcoill (“walls have ears”)
- ceithearn choille (“woodkern, highwayman”)
- coillteach (“wooded, sylvan”, adjective)
- coilltigh (“forest, afforest”, verb)
- drischoill (“bramble brake”)
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
[edit]coill
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| coill | choill | gcoill |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 410, page 135