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coill.

wood, forest

5 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/kəilʲ/Munster, Waterford/kiːlʲ/Munster, Cork, Kerry/koil̠ʲ/Connacht, Galway/kɞl̠ʲ/Connacht
  1. wood, forest

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish caill.

noun/kəilʲ/Munster, Waterford/kiːlʲ/Munster, Cork, Kerry/koil̠ʲ/Connacht, Galway/kɞl̠ʲ/Connacht
  1. vocative/genitive singular of coll

Where this word comes from

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verb/kəilʲ/Munster, Waterford/kiːlʲ/Munster, Cork, Kerry/koil̠ʲ/Connacht, Galway/kɞl̠ʲ/Connacht
  1. to castrate, geld, emasculate

Where this word comes from

From Old Irish coillid (“to damage, destroy”).

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