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caol.

thin, slender, slight (of slender build)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

adj/keːl̪ˠ/Munster[këːə̯l̪ˠ]Munster/kiːlˠ/Connacht/kiːlˠ/Ulster

  1. thin, slender, slight (of slender build)

  2. narrow

  3. thin, shrill

  4. slender (palatalized)

    Caol le caol agus leathan le leathan.

  5. dilute (weak, diluted)

  6. slender part (of body, limb)

    masculine · noun-from-verb
Where this word comes from

From Middle Irish cáel, from Old Irish coíl, from Proto-Celtic *koilos (“thin”) (compare Cornish and Welsh cul).

noun/keːl̪ˠ/Munster[këːə̯l̪ˠ]Munster/kiːlˠ/Connacht/kiːlˠ/Ulster

  1. narrows, channel

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Irish cáel, from Old Irish coíl, from Proto-Celtic *koilos (“thin”) (compare Cornish and Welsh cul).

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