caolas

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish *cáelas, equivalent to caol +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkeːl̪ˠəsˠ/, [kʰɰeːl̪ˠəsˠ]
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːlˠəsˠ/, [kʰɰiːlˠəsˠ]

Noun

caolas m (genitive singular caolais, nominative plural caolais)

1. (geography) strait, narrows
2. narrow place, bottleneck

Declension

Declension of caolas (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative caolas caolais vocative a chaolais a chaolasa genitive caolais caolas dative caolas caolais forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an caolas na caolais genitive an chaolais na gcaolas dative leis an gcaolas don chaolas leis na caolais

Mutation

Mutated forms of caolas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
caolas	chaolas	gcaolas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caolas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cáelas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “caolas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “caolas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish *cáelas, equivalent to caol +‎ -as.

Noun

caolas m (genitive singular caolais, plural caolan)

1. channel, narrows, kyle

Mutation

Mutation of caolas

radical	lenition
caolas	chaolas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cáelas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language