"caol" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

See caol in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kʰɯːɫ̪/
Etymology: From Middle Irish cáel, from Old Irish coíl, from Proto-Celtic *koilos (“thin”) (compare Cornish and Welsh cul). Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|mga|cáel}} Middle Irish cáel, {{der|gd|sga|coíl}} Old Irish coíl, {{inh|gd|cel-pro|*koilos|t=thin}} Proto-Celtic *koilos (“thin”), {{cog|kw,cy|cul}} Cornish and Welsh cul Head templates: {{head|gd|adjective}} caol
  1. thin, narrow Derived forms: caoile, caol-shràid, ceàrn caol
    Sense id: en-caol-gd-adj-Rcd14Mn0

Noun

IPA: /kʰɯːɫ̪/ Forms: caoil [genitive, singular], caoiltean [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], caol [error-unrecognized-form], chaol [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: From Middle Irish cáel, from Old Irish coíl, from Proto-Celtic *koilos (“thin”) (compare Cornish and Welsh cul). Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|mga|cáel}} Middle Irish cáel, {{der|gd|sga|coíl}} Old Irish coíl, {{inh|gd|cel-pro|*koilos|t=thin}} Proto-Celtic *koilos (“thin”), {{cog|kw,cy|cul}} Cornish and Welsh cul Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|caoil|||||||plural|caoiltean||||||{{{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=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} caol m (genitive singular caoil, plural caoiltean), {{gd-noun|g=m|gen=caoil|pl=caoiltean}} caol m (genitive singular caoil, plural caoiltean)
  1. strait, narrows, firth, kyle Tags: masculine Categories (place): Bodies of water, Landforms
    Sense id: en-caol-gd-noun-TVXab7AC Disambiguation of Bodies of water: 0 94 6 Disambiguation of Landforms: 0 94 6 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 0 0 0 6 14 6 18 0 4 6 7 12 0 23 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 0 5 12 5 15 0 4 5 6 11 0 35 2 Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 4 93 4
  2. the narrow part of anything Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-caol-gd-noun-V-2Z82Ws
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: caol-dùirn

Inflected forms

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "leathann"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "cáel"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish cáel",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "coíl"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish coíl",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*koilos",
        "t": "thin"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *koilos (“thin”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw,cy",
        "2": "cul"
      },
      "expansion": "Cornish and Welsh cul",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish cáel, from Old Irish coíl, from Proto-Celtic *koilos (“thin”) (compare Cornish and Welsh cul).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "caol",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "caoile"
        },
        {
          "word": "caol-shràid"
        },
        {
          "word": "ceàrn caol"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thin, narrow"
      ],
      "id": "en-caol-gd-adj-Rcd14Mn0",
      "links": [
        [
          "thin",
          "thin"
        ],
        [
          "narrow",
          "narrow"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɯːɫ̪/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caol"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "caol-dùirn"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "kyle",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: kyle",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: kyle"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "cáel"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish cáel",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "coíl"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish coíl",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*koilos",
        "t": "thin"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *koilos (“thin”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw,cy",
        "2": "cul"
      },
      "expansion": "Cornish and Welsh cul",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish cáel, from Old Irish coíl, from Proto-Celtic *koilos (“thin”) (compare Cornish and Welsh cul).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "caoil",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caoiltean",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caol",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chaol",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "10": "caoil",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "plural",
        "18": "caoiltean",
        "19": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive singular",
        "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": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "caol m (genitive singular caoil, plural caoiltean)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "gen": "caoil",
        "pl": "caoiltean"
      },
      "expansion": "caol m (genitive singular caoil, plural caoiltean)",
      "name": "gd-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 0 6 14 6 18 0 4 6 7 12 0 23 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 0 5 12 5 15 0 4 5 6 11 0 35 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 93 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 94 6",
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "gd",
          "name": "Bodies of water",
          "orig": "gd:Bodies of water",
          "parents": [
            "Landforms",
            "Water",
            "Earth",
            "Places",
            "Liquids",
            "Nature",
            "Names",
            "Matter",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Chemistry",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Sciences",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 94 6",
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "gd",
          "name": "Landforms",
          "orig": "gd:Landforms",
          "parents": [
            "Earth",
            "Places",
            "Nature",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "strait, narrows, firth, kyle"
      ],
      "id": "en-caol-gd-noun-TVXab7AC",
      "links": [
        [
          "strait",
          "strait"
        ],
        [
          "narrows",
          "narrows"
        ],
        [
          "firth",
          "firth"
        ],
        [
          "kyle",
          "kyle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the narrow part of anything"
      ],
      "id": "en-caol-gd-noun-V-2Z82Ws",
      "links": [
        [
          "narrow",
          "narrow"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɯːɫ̪/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caol"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "leathann"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Scottish Gaelic adjectives",
    "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Scottish Gaelic lemmas",
    "Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns",
    "Scottish Gaelic nouns",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Middle Irish",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Middle Irish",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "gd-noun 2",
    "gd:Bodies of water",
    "gd:Landforms"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "caoile"
    },
    {
      "word": "caol-shràid"
    },
    {
      "word": "ceàrn caol"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "cáel"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish cáel",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "coíl"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish coíl",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*koilos",
        "t": "thin"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *koilos (“thin”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw,cy",
        "2": "cul"
      },
      "expansion": "Cornish and Welsh cul",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish cáel, from Old Irish coíl, from Proto-Celtic *koilos (“thin”) (compare Cornish and Welsh cul).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "caol",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "thin, narrow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thin",
          "thin"
        ],
        [
          "narrow",
          "narrow"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɯːɫ̪/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caol"
}

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    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Scottish Gaelic adjectives",
    "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Scottish Gaelic lemmas",
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    "Scottish Gaelic nouns",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Middle Irish",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Middle Irish",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "gd-noun 2",
    "gd:Bodies of water",
    "gd:Landforms"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "caol-dùirn"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "kyle",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: kyle",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: kyle"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "cáel"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish cáel",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "sga",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish coíl",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "cel-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *koilos (“thin”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw,cy",
        "2": "cul"
      },
      "expansion": "Cornish and Welsh cul",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish cáel, from Old Irish coíl, from Proto-Celtic *koilos (“thin”) (compare Cornish and Welsh cul).",
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    {
      "form": "caoil",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caoiltean",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caol",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chaol",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "plural",
        "18": "caoiltean",
        "19": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive singular",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1accel-form": "dat|s",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "caol m (genitive singular caoil, plural caoiltean)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "gen": "caoil",
        "pl": "caoiltean"
      },
      "expansion": "caol m (genitive singular caoil, plural caoiltean)",
      "name": "gd-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "strait, narrows, firth, kyle"
      ],
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        [
          "strait",
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        ],
        [
          "narrows",
          "narrows"
        ],
        [
          "firth",
          "firth"
        ],
        [
          "kyle",
          "kyle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the narrow part of anything"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "narrow",
          "narrow"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɯːɫ̪/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caol"
}

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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "subsection": "noun",
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  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
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