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cuil.

fly, bug

4 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/kɪlʲ/

  1. fly, bug

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish cuil (“fly; flea, gnat”), from Proto-Celtic *kulis (compare Scottish Gaelic cuileag, Breton kelien, Welsh cylion), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱuH-ló- (compare Latin culex (“gnat”), Old Armenian սլաք (slakʻ, “roasting spit”)).

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