coill

Irish

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /kiːlʲ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /kəil̠ʲ/, /kɞl̠ʲ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /kʌl̠ʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish caill.

Noun

coill f (genitive singular coille, nominative plural coillte)

wood, forest
Synonym: foraois

Declension

Declension of coill

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	coill	coillte
Vocative	a choill	a choillte
Genitive	coille	coillte
Dative	coill	coillte

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an choill	na coillte
Genitive	na coille	na gcoillte
Dative	leis an gcoill don choill	leis na coillte

Alternative genitive singular: coilleadh
Alternative dative singular: coillidh

Derived terms

bé choille (“nymph”)
bíonn cluasa ar an gcoill (“walls have ears”)
ceithearn choille (“woodkern, highwayman”)
coillteach (“wooded, sylvan”, adjective)
coilltigh (“forest, afforest”, verb)
drischoill (“bramble brake”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

coill

vocative/genitive singular of coll

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coill	choill	gcoill
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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