caolach
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish cáelach.[2] By surface analysis, caol (“slender”) + -ach.
Noun
[edit]caolach m (genitive singular caolaigh)
- (collective) wickers, twigs, saplings
- wickerwork
- wattle (construction of branches and twigs), wattlework
Declension
[edit]Declension of caolach
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| caolach | chaolach | gcaolach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ “caolach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cáelach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “caolaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 115
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caolach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN