cúil

See also: cuil and cùil

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kuːlʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cuil, from Proto-Celtic *kūlos, from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-lo-, from *(s)kewH- (“to cover”).

Noun

cúil f (genitive singular cúlach, nominative plural cúlacha)

  1. corner, nook
  2. heap, store
Declension
Declension of cúil

Fifth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cúil cúlacha
Vocative a chúil a chúlacha
Genitive cúlach cúlacha
Dative cúil
cúlaigh (archaic, dialectal)		 cúlacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an chúil na cúlacha
Genitive na cúlach na gcúlacha
Dative leis an gcúil
leis an gcúlaigh (archaic, dialectal)

don chúil
don chúlaigh (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na cúlacha
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

cúil m

  1. inflection of cúl:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural
  2. Alternative form of cúl

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