"caill" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

See caill in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kʰaiʎ/ Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], caill [error-unrecognized-form], chaill [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cōleus. Etymology templates: {{bor|gd|la|cōleus}} Latin cōleus Head templates: {{head|gd|noun||||||||||||||||||||||{{{pl4}}}|||cat2=|f10accel-form=genpl|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=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} caill m, {{gd-noun|g=m}} caill m
  1. (anatomy, obsolete) testicle Tags: masculine, obsolete
    Sense id: en-caill-gd-noun-37DOB-35 Categories (other): Anatomy, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 10 13 3 13 13 12 13 8 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 13 4 13 13 12 13 8 13 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /kʰaiʎ/ Forms: chaill [past], caillidh [future], call [noun-from-verb], caillte [participle, past]
Etymology: From Old Irish coillid (“destroys”), from coll (“destruction”), from Proto-Celtic *koldo-, from Proto-Indo-European *kold- (“strike, cut”). Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|sga|coillid||destroys}} Old Irish coillid (“destroys”), {{inh|gd|cel-pro|*koldo-}} Proto-Celtic *koldo-, {{inh|gd|ine-pro|*kold-||strike, cut}} Proto-Indo-European *kold- (“strike, cut”) Head templates: {{head|gd|verb|past|chaill|||future|caillidh|||verbal noun|call|||||past participle|caillte|head=}} caill (past chaill, future caillidh, verbal noun call, past participle caillte), {{gd-verb|fut=caillidh|past=chaill|pp=caillte|vn=call}} caill (past chaill, future caillidh, verbal noun call, past participle caillte)
  1. lose
    Sense id: en-caill-gd-verb-pXz56vkI Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 10 13 3 13 13 12 13 8 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 13 4 13 13 12 13 8 13
  2. miss (train, etc.)
    Sense id: en-caill-gd-verb-nrEmgvYl Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 10 13 3 13 13 12 13 8 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 13 4 13 13 12 13 8 13 Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 18 15 27 17 4 20
  3. forfeit
    Sense id: en-caill-gd-verb-~sLYjEgV Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 10 13 3 13 13 12 13 8 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 13 4 13 13 12 13 8 13
  4. (obsolete) name, call Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-caill-gd-verb-qiSzA3Nu
  5. (obsolete) emasculate Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-caill-gd-verb-2RybgTCq Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 10 13 3 13 13 12 13 8 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 13 4 13 13 12 13 8 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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        "(obsolete) emasculate"
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}

Download raw JSONL data for caill meaning in Scottish Gaelic (4.6kB)

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