caolú

See also: cāolǜ and cǎolǜ

Irish

Alternative forms

caolughadh (superseded)

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /keːˈl̪ˠuː/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːlˠuː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːlˠu/

Noun

caolú m (genitive singular caolaithe, nominative plural caoluithe)

verbal noun of caolaigh
attenuation
(phonology, phonetics) palatalization

Declension

Declension of caolú

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	caolú	caoluithe
Vocative	a chaolú	a chaoluithe
Genitive	caolaithe	caoluithe
Dative	caolú	caoluithe

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an caolú	na caoluithe
Genitive	an chaolaithe	na gcaoluithe
Dative	leis an gcaolú don chaolú	leis na caoluithe

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
caolú	chaolú	gcaolú
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

“caolú” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “cáelugud”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
“caoluġaḋ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 116.
"caolú" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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