cuidhil
Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from Scots quhel, quheil (“wheel”), from Middle English whele (compare Scottish Gaelic cuidheall, Manx queeyl).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kiːlʲ/, /kiəlʲ/
Synonyms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cuidhil | chuidhil | gcuidhil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Holmer, Nils M. (1940) On Some Relics of the Irish Dialect Spoken in the Glens of Antrim, Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells, page 108
- Holmer, Nils M. (1942) The Irish Language in Rathlin Island, County Antrim, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, page 182
- Ó Baoill, Colm (1978) Contributions to a Comparative Study of Ulster Irish and Scottish Gaelic, Belfast: Institute of Irish Studies, Queen’s University of Belfast, page 76
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