coíl

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • cóel

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *koilos (“thin”), from Proto-Indo-European *koyHlo- (Latvian kails (“bare, naked”)).[1] Compare Cornish and Welsh cul.

Pronunciation

  • (nom. sg., acc. and dat. sg. m./n.,) IPA(key): /koːi̯l/
  • (gen. sg. m./n., nom. pl. m., acc. and dat. sg. f.) IPA(key): /koːi̯lʲ/

Adjective

coíl

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

Inflection

o/ā-stem
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative coíl coíl coíl
vocative coíl*
coíl**
accusative coíl coíl
genitive coíl coíle coíl
dative coíl coíl coíl
plural masculine feminine/neuter
nominative coíl coíla
vocative coílu
coíla†
accusative coílu
coíla†
genitive coíl
dative coílaib

*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Derived terms

  • coíle

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: cáel

Mutation

Mutation of coíl
radical lenition nasalization
coíl choíl coíl
pronounced with /ɡ-/

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “koylo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 220

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