"cuil" meaning in Irish

See cuil in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kɪlʲ/
Etymology: From Old Irish cuil (“fly; flea, gnat”), from Proto-Celtic *kulis (compare Scottish Gaelic cuileag, Breton kelien, Welsh cylion), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱuH-ló- (compare Latin culex (“gnat”), Old Armenian սլաք (slakʻ, “roasting spit”)). Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|cuil||fly; flea, gnat}} Old Irish cuil (“fly; flea, gnat”), {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*kulis}} Proto-Celtic *kulis, {{cog|gd|cuileag}} Scottish Gaelic cuileag, {{cog|br|kelien}} Breton kelien, {{cog|cy|cylion}} Welsh cylion, {{inh|ga|ine-pro|*ḱuH-ló-}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱuH-ló-, {{cog|la|culex||gnat}} Latin culex (“gnat”), {{cog|xcl|սլաք||roasting spit}} Old Armenian սլաք (slakʻ, “roasting spit”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|cuile|||||||nominative plural|cuileanna|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} cuil f (genitive singular cuile, nominative plural cuileanna), {{ga-noun|f|cuile|cuileanna}} cuil f (genitive singular cuile, nominative plural cuileanna) Inflection templates: {{ga-decl-f2|c|uil|uile|pl=uileanna}}, {{ga-mut}} Forms: cuile [genitive, singular], cuileanna [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cuil [indefinite, nominative, singular], cuileanna [indefinite, nominative, plural], a chuil [indefinite, singular, vocative], a chuileanna [indefinite, plural, vocative], cuile [genitive, indefinite, singular], cuileanna [genitive, indefinite, plural], cuil [dative, indefinite, singular], cuileanna [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an chuil [definite, nominative, singular], na cuileanna [definite, nominative, plural], na cuile [definite, genitive, singular], na gcuileanna [definite, genitive, plural], leis an gcuil [dative, definite, singular], don chuil [dative, definite, singular], leis na cuileanna [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cuil [mutation, mutation-radical], chuil [lenition, mutation], gcuil [eclipsis, mutation]
  1. fly, bug Tags: feminine Categories (lifeform): Insects Derived forms: agairg na gcuileanna, bréagchuil, cuil fhearnóige, cuileog, cuilghaiste Véineas, urchuil
    Sense id: en-cuil-ga-noun-ZYaKonx- Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Old Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 74 3 23

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-29 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-06-20 using wiktextract (d4b8e84 and b863ecc). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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