càl
See also: Appendix:Variations of "cal"
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- càdhal
Etymology
From Old English cāl, cāul, cāwel, from Latin caulis. Cognate with Irish cál, English cole and kale, Icelandic kál, German Kohl, etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰaːl̪ˠ/
Noun
càl m (genitive singular càil, no plural)
Derived terms
- càl amh (“lettuce”)
- càl ceannan (“bubble and squeak”)
- càl liath-ghlas (“Chenopodium album”)
- càl na mara (“sea kale”)
- càl nan each (“horseradish”)
- càl purpaidh (“red cabbage”)
- càl ribeach (“(vegetable) greens”)
- càl sgeallain (“mustard greens”)
- càl-bloinigein (“spinach”)
- càl-broillein (“broccoli”)
- càl-carrach (“cauliflower”)
- càl-ceairsleach (“curly kale”)
- càl-colaig (“cauliflower”)
- càl-colbhairt (“wild cabbage”)
- càl-crasgach (“kale”)
- càl-deanntaige (“nettle leaves; nettle soup”)
- càl-duilisg (“dulse pudding”)
- càl-earraich (“spring greens”)
- càl-geal (“white cabbage”)
- càl-greannach (“curly kale”)
- càl-gruithean (“cauliflower”)
- càl-grutha (“cauliflower”)
- càl-gruthach (“cauliflower”)
- càl-Manainneach (“Coincya monensis”)
- càl-Phàdraig (“Saxifraga spathularis”)
- cal-shalann (“alkali”)
- càl-slapach (“Chenopodium album”)
- càl-tràgha (“sea kale”)
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
---|---|
Radical | Lenition |
càl | chàl |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “càl”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC
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