caidil

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish cotlaid (compare Irish codail, Manx caddil), from Old Irish ·cotli, prototonic of con·tuili, from *kom-tulī-, from Proto-Celtic *toleyo-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tel- (“be still”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʰatʲɪl/

Verb

caidil (past chaidil, future caidlidh, verbal noun cadal, past participle caidilte)

  1. sleep

Conjugation
Tense \ Voice Active Passive
Present a' cadal --
Past chaidil chaidleadh
Future caidlidh caidlear
Conditional chaidleadhnote chaidilteadh

Note: The form for first person singular is chaidlinn, the form for first person plural is chaidleamaid.

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “caidil”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “con·tuili”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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