coilear

See also: coiléar

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish coilér, a borrowing from Middle English coler, from Anglo-Norman coler, from Late Latin collare, from Latin collum (“neck”).

Noun

coilear m (genitive singular coileir, plural coilearan)

  1. collar (of shirt etc)

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
coilearchoilear
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “coilear”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 coilér”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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