coill

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): (Waterford) /kəilʲ/, (Cork, Kerry) /kiːlʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): (Galway) /koil̠ʲ/, /kɞl̠ʲ/, /kail̠ʲ/; (Mayo) /kel̠ʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /kɪl̠ʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish caill.

Noun

coill f (genitive singular coille, nominative plural coillte)

1. wood, forest

   Synonym: foraois

Declension

Declension of coill (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative coill coillte vocative a choill a choillte genitive coille coillte dative coill coillte forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an choill na coillte genitive na coille na gcoillte dative leis an gcoill don choill leis na coillte

• Alternative genitive singular: coilleadh
• Alternative dative singular: coillidh

Derived terms

• bé choille (“nymph”)
• bíonn cluasa ar an gcoill (“walls have ears”)
• ceithearn choille (“woodkern, highwayman”)
• coillteach (“wooded, sylvan”, adjective)
• coilltigh (“forest, afforest”, verb)
• drischoill (“bramble brake”)

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

coill

1. vocative/genitive singular of coll

Mutation

Mutated forms of coill

radical	lenition	eclipsis
coill	choill	gcoill

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) “coill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN