coille

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɞl̠ʲə/[1]

Noun

coille f sg

  1. genitive singular of coill (wood, forest)

Noun

coille f sg

  1. variant genitive singular of caileann (calends)

Mutation

Mutated forms of coille
radical lenition eclipsis
coille choille gcoille

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 156

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cōlea n pl, from Latin cōleus m sg, of Ancient Greek origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuʎə/

Noun

coille oblique singularf (oblique plural coilles, nominative singular coille, nominative plural coilles)

  1. (anatomy, vulgar) ball, testicle

Descendants

  • Middle French: couille
    • French: couille
  • Walloon: coye
  • Middle Dutch: cul

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish caille, genitive singular of caill (forest) (compare modern Irish coill).

Pronunciation

Noun

coille f (dative singular coille or coillidh, genitive singular coille, plural coilltean or coilltichean)

  1. forest

Declension

Declension of coille
indefinite
singular plural
nominative coille coilltean
genitive coille coilltean
dative coille coilltean
definite
singular plural
nominative (a') choille (na) coilltean
genitive (na) coille (nan) coilltean
dative (a') choille (na) coilltean
vocative choille coilltean

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of coille
radical lenition
coille choille

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

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath