cuidhil

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots quhel, quheil (“wheel”), from Middle English whele (compare Scottish Gaelic cuidheall, Manx queeyl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiːlʲ/, /kiəlʲ/

Noun

cuidhil f

1. (Antrim) spinning wheel

Synonyms

• tuirne

Mutation

Mutated forms of cuidhil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cuidhil	chuidhil	gcuidhil

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

Further reading

• Holmer, Nils M. (1940) On Some Relics of the Irish Dialect Spoken in the Glens of Antrim, Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells, page 108
• Holmer, Nils M. (1942) The Irish Language in Rathlin Island, County Antrim, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, page 182
• Ó Baoill, Colm (1978) Contributions to a Comparative Study of Ulster Irish and Scottish Gaelic, Belfast: Institute of Irish Studies, Queen’s University of Belfast, page 76