"càil" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

See càil in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kʰaːl/ Forms: càile [genitive, singular], càilean [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], càil [error-unrecognized-form], chàil [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: From Old Irish cáil (“quality, property”), from Latin quālitās. Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|sga|cáil|t=quality, property}} Old Irish cáil (“quality, property”), {{der|gd|la|quālitās}} Latin quālitās Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|càile|||||||plural|càilean||||||{{{pl4}}}|cat2=|f1accel-form=dat|s|f2accel-form=dat|s|f3accel-form=dat|s|f4accel-form=gen|s|f5accel-form=gen|s|f6accel-form=gen|s|f7accel-form=p|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} càil f (genitive singular càile, plural càilean), {{gd-noun|g=f|gen=càile|pl=càilean}} càil f (genitive singular càile, plural càilean)
  1. appetite, disposition, desire Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-càil-gd-noun-2tE63bpd
  2. appearance Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-càil-gd-noun-bRYi0PK8
  3. (chiefly Lewis, Harris, Skye) anything, (negative context) nothing Tags: Lewis, feminine Synonyms: dad, func, heat, sgath, sìon, stuth
    Sense id: en-càil-gd-noun-TA-OIgyC Categories (other): Harris Scottish Gaelic, Lewis Scottish Gaelic, Skye Scottish Gaelic, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 23 40 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 5 80 4 Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 16 11 70 3
  4. (colloquial, chiefly Lewis, Harris, Skye) nothing Tags: Lewis, colloquial, feminine
    Sense id: en-càil-gd-noun-F4XPw7xq Categories (other): Harris Scottish Gaelic, Lewis Scottish Gaelic, Skye Scottish Gaelic
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        {
          "english": "I didn't see anything new. or: I saw nothing new.",
          "text": "Chan fhaca mi càil as ùr.",
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          "word": "func"
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          "word": "heat"
        },
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          "word": "sgath"
        },
        {
          "word": "sìon"
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          "word": "stuth"
        }
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        {
          "english": "Nothing but sea, waves and ocean",
          "ref": "1985, Calum and Rory MacDonald (lyrics and music), “Air a' Chuan”, in Heartland, performed by Runrig, track 4:",
          "text": "Càil ach muir, tonnan is cuan",
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          "english": "I didn't see anything new. or: I saw nothing new.",
          "text": "Chan fhaca mi càil as ùr.",
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        },
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          "word": "func"
        },
        {
          "word": "heat"
        },
        {
          "word": "sgath"
        },
        {
          "word": "sìon"
        },
        {
          "word": "stuth"
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          "english": "Nothing but sea, waves and ocean",
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          "text": "Càil ach muir, tonnan is cuan",
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    {
      "ipa": "/kʰaːl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "càil"
}

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