caill

Irish

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /kailʲ/
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /kɑːl̠ʲ/
  • (Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /kal̠ʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish coillid (“destroys”), from coll (“destruction”), from Proto-Celtic *koldo- (compare Welsh coll (“defect, loss”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kold- (“strike, cut”) (compare Old English healtian (“limp”)).

Verb

caill (present analytic cailleann, future analytic caillfidh, verbal noun cailleadh, past participle caillte)

  1. lose
  2. (euphemistic, in autonomous forms) die
    Synonyms: básaigh, éag, faigh bás, síothlaigh
    Cailleadh sa chogadh é
    He died in the war (literally “He was lost in the war”)
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present caillim cailleann tú;
caillir†		 cailleann sé, sí caillimid cailleann sibh cailleann siad;
caillid†		 a chailleann; a chailleas /
a gcailleann*; a gcailleas*		 cailltear
past chaill mé; chailleas chaill tú; chaillis chaill sé, sí chailleamar; chaill muid chaill sibh; chailleabhair chaill siad; chailleadar a chaill /
ar chaill*		 cailleadh
past habitual chaillinn chaillteá chailleadh sé, sí chaillimis; chailleadh muid chailleadh sibh chaillidís; chailleadh siad a chailleadh /
ar chailleadh*		 chailltí
future caillfidh mé;
caillfead		 caillfidh tú;
caillfir†		 caillfidh sé, sí caillfimid;
caillfidh muid		 caillfidh sibh caillfidh siad;
caillfid†		 a chaillfidh; a chaillfeas /
a gcaillfidh*; a gcaillfeas*		 caillfear
conditional chaillfinn / gcaillfinn‡‡ chaillfeá / gcaillfeᇇ chaillfeadh sé, sí / gcaillfeadh sé, s퇇 chaillfimis; chaillfeadh muid / gcaillfimis‡‡; gcaillfeadh muid‡‡ chaillfeadh sibh / gcaillfeadh sibh‡‡ chaillfidís; chaillfeadh siad / gcaillfidís‡‡; gcaillfeadh siad‡‡ a chaillfeadh /
ar chaillfeadh*		 chaillfí / gcaillf퇇
subjunctive present go gcaille mé;
go gcaillead†		 go gcaille tú;
go gcaillir†		 go gcaille sé, sí go gcaillimid;
go gcaille muid		 go gcaille sibh go gcaille siad;
go gcaillid†		 — go gcailltear
past dá gcaillinn dá gcaillteá dá gcailleadh sé, sí dá gcaillimis;
dá gcailleadh muid		 dá gcailleadh sibh dá gcaillidís;
dá gcailleadh siad		 — dá gcailltí
imperative caillim caill cailleadh sé, sí caillimis cailligí;
caillidh†		 caillidís — cailltear
verbal noun cailleadh
past participle caillte

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

caill

  1. vocative and genitive singular of call

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
caill chaill gcaill
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Noun

caill f (genitive caille)

  1. forest, wood, woodland

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
caill chaill caill
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʰaiʎ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish coillid (“destroys”), from coll (“destruction”), from Proto-Celtic *koldo-, from Proto-Indo-European *kold- (“strike, cut”).

Verb

caill (past chaill, future caillidh, verbal noun call, past participle caillte)

  1. lose
  2. miss (train, etc.)
  3. forfeit
  4. (obsolete) name, call
  5. (obsolete) emasculate

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin cōleus.

Noun

caill m

  1. (anatomy, obsolete) testicle

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōleus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kai̯ɬ/

Noun

caill f (plural ceilliau)

  1. (anatomy) testicle

Derived terms

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
caill gaill nghaill chaill
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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