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)

  1. colewort, greens, cabbage, kale
  2. name for all sorts of cabbage
  3. Scotch broth of which kale is a principal ingredient
  4. dinner
    An d' fhuair thu do chàl?Did you have your dinner (kale)?
  5. (rare) joke

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
càlchàl
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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