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cual.

bundle (especially of sticks or firewood)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/kuəlˠ/

  1. bundle (especially of sticks or firewood)

    feminine · masculine

  2. faggot (bundle of sticks or brushwood)

    feminine · masculine

  3. pile, heap

    feminine · masculine
    cual adhmaid / cual connaidh
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish cúal, from Proto-Celtic *kaulā, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂ulis, *keh₂ulós (“stalk”). Cognate with Latin caulis (“stem, stalk”), Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós, “stem”), Lithuanian káulas (“bone”), Sanskrit कुल्या (kulyā, “canal”).

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