cuidhil

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kiːlʲ/, /kiəlʲ/

Noun

cuidhil f

  1. (Antrim) spinning wheel

Synonyms

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

References
  • Holmer, Nils M. (1940), On Some Relics of the Irish Dialect Spoken in the Glens of Antrim, Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells, p. 108.
  • Holmer, Nils M. (1942), The Irish Language in Rathlin Island, County Antrim, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, p. 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, p. 76.
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