caol
Irish (Donegal)
/keːl̪ˠ/, /kiːlˠ/
adj
Definitions
- thin, slender
- fine
- narrow
- (sound) thin, shrill
- (linguistics) slender, palatalized
- weak, dilute
- slight
- subtle
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish cáel inherited from Proto-Celtic *koilos (thin).
Origin
Proto-Celtic
*koilos
Gloss
thin
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *koyHlo- Proto-Indo-European
- Caolán Irish
- barrchaol Irish
- caolas Irish
- caolsráid Irish
- caolán Irish
- sráid Irish
- cul Welsh
- culach Welsh
- culaf Welsh
- culdir Welsh
- culed Welsh
- cáel Old Irish
- cáelán Old Irish
- caol Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- keyl Manx
- *koilos Proto-Celtic
- *cáelas Middle Irish
- *kʉl Proto-Brythonic