coíl

Old Irish

Alternative forms

cóel

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *koilos (“thin”), from Proto-Indo-European *koyHlo- (Latvian kails (“bare, naked”)).^[1] Compare Cornish and Welsh cul.

Pronunciation

(nom. sg., acc. and dat. sg. m./n.,) IPA^(key): /koːi̯l/
(gen. sg. m./n., nom. pl. m., acc. and dat. sg. f.) IPA^(key): /koːi̯lʲ/

Adjective

coíl

thin, slender, narrow
fine, delicate

Inflection

o/ā-stem
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	coíl	coíl	coíl
vocative	coíl* coíl**	coíl
accusative	coíl	coíl
genitive	coíl	coíle	coíl
dative	coíl	coíl	coíl
plural	masculine	feminine/neuter
nominative	coíl	coíla
vocative	coílu coíla†
accusative	coílu coíla†
genitive	coíl
dative	coílaib

*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Derived terms

coíle

Descendants

Middle Irish: cáel
- Irish: caol
- Manx: keyl
- Scottish Gaelic: caol
  - → English: kyle
- ⇒ Middle Irish: cáelach
- ⇒ Middle Irish: *cáelas
  - Irish: caolas
  - Manx: keyllys
  - Scottish Gaelic: caolas

Mutation

Mutation of *coíl*
radical	lenition	nasalization
coíl	choíl	coíl pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “koylo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 220