cál

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cal"

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /kɑːl̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /kɑːlˠ/, /kɑːl̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /kaːlˠ/, /kaːl̪ˠ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle English cole, from Old English cāwel, from Latin caulis (“cabbage”).

Noun

cál m (genitive singular cáil, nominative plural cáil)

  1. kale, cabbage
    Synonym: cabáiste
Declension
Declension of cál (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cál cáil
vocative a cháil a chála
genitive cáil cál
dative cál cáil
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cál na cáil
genitive an cháil na gcál
dative leis an gcál
don chál 		leis na cáil
Derived terms
  • cál bán (“white(-hearted) cabbage”)
  • cál catach (“curly kale, savoy”)
  • cál ceannann (“colcannon”)
  • cál dearg (“Scotch kale”)
  • cál faiche (“nettles”)
  • cál glas (“green(-hearted) cabbage”)
  • cál Phádraig (“plantain”)
  • cál rábach (“kohlrabi, rape”)
  • garraí cáil (“cabbage garden”)
  • péist cháil (“caterpillar (of white cabbage butterfly)”)

Etymology 2

Noun

cál m (genitive singular cál)

  1. alternative spelling of call (“call, need; claim, right”)
Declension
Declension of cál (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative cál
vocative a chál
genitive cál
dative cál
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an cál
genitive an chál
dative leis an gcál
don chál

Mutation

Mutated forms of cál
radical lenition eclipsis
cál chál gcál

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

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