cuaille

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cúalle, cúalne,[1] from Old Irish cúal (“bundle”). Cognate with Welsh cofl.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

cuaille m (genitive singular cuaille, nominative plural cuaillí)

  1. pole; stake, post
  2. (heraldry) pale
  3. beanpole (tall, thin person)

Declension

Declension of cuaille (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cuaille cuaillí
vocative a chuaille a chuaillí
genitive cuaille cuaillí
dative cuaille cuaillí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cuaille na cuaillí
genitive an chuaille na gcuaillí
dative leis an gcuaille
don chuaille 		leis na cuaillí

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • cleas an chuaille (“somersault”) (using pole, stick)
  • cuaille báire (“goal-post”)
  • cuaille comhraic (“challenge pole”)
  • cuaille críche, cuaille teorann (“boundary post”)
  • cuaille eolais (“signpost”)
  • cuaille feistithe (“mooring-post”)
  • cuaille geata (“gate post”)
  • cuaille lampa (“lamp-post”)
  • cuaille teileagraif (“telegraph pole”)
  • cuaille tosaithe (“starting-post”)
  • cuaille treo (“direction post”)
  • cuaille treorach (“alignment picket”)
  • cuailleach (“impaled”, adjective)
  • cuailligh (“stud”, transitive verb)
  • fál cuaillí (“picket-fence, stake fence”)
  • lampa cuaille (“standard lamp”)
  • léim chuaille (“pole vault”)
  • sá cuaillí (“pole-planting”)
  • sáiteoir cuaillí (“pole-sinker”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cuaille
radical lenition eclipsis
cuaille chuaille gcuaille

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cúaille”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cofl”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 165
  4. ^ Hamilton, John Noel (1974) A Phonetic Study of the Irish of Tory Island, Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 3), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University Belfast, page 263

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “cuaille”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 278; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuaille”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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