"caolú" meaning in Irish

See caolú in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /keːˈl̪ˠuː/ [Munster], /ˈkiːlˠuː/ [Connacht], /ˈkiːlˠu/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From caolaigh + -ú Etymology templates: {{af|ga|caolaigh|-ú|id2=verbal noun}} caolaigh + -ú Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|caolaithe|||||||nominative plural|caoluithe|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} caolú m (genitive singular caolaithe, nominative plural caoluithe), {{ga-noun|m|caolaithe|caoluithe}} caolú m (genitive singular caolaithe, nominative plural caoluithe) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: caolaithe [genitive, singular], caoluithe [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], caolú [indefinite, nominative, singular], caoluithe [indefinite, nominative, plural], a chaolú [indefinite, singular, vocative], a chaoluithe [indefinite, plural, vocative], caolaithe [genitive, indefinite, singular], caoluithe [genitive, indefinite, plural], caolú [dative, indefinite, singular], caoluithe [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an caolú [definite, nominative, singular], na caoluithe [definite, nominative, plural], an chaolaithe [definite, genitive, singular], na gcaoluithe [definite, genitive, plural], leis an gcaolú [dative, definite, singular], don chaolú [dative, definite, singular], leis na caoluithe [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], caolú [error-unrecognized-form], chaolú [error-unrecognized-form], gcaolú [error-unrecognized-form], caolughadh [alternative]
  1. verbal noun of caolaigh Tags: form-of, masculine, noun-from-verb Form of: caolaigh
    Sense id: en-caolú-ga-noun-larNtNwo Categories (other): Irish terms suffixed with -ú (verbal noun) Disambiguation of Irish terms suffixed with -ú (verbal noun): 91 2 7
  2. attenuation Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-caolú-ga-noun-FpiZ2mfE Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 5 66 28
  3. (phonology, phonetics) palatalization Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-caolú-ga-noun-2-aEEjJV Categories (other): Phonetics, Phonology, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 22 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 10 82 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈkiːlˠuː/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈkiːlˠu/",
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}

Download raw JSONL data for caolú meaning in Irish (4.0kB)

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