cuidhil

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots quhel, quheil (“wheel”), from Middle English whele (compare Scottish Gaelic cuibheall, Manx queeyl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kiːlʲ/, /kiəlʲ/

Noun

cuidhil f

  1. (Antrim) spinning wheel

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cuidhil
radical lenition eclipsis
cuidhil chuidhil gcuidhil

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

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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