caolchuid

caolchuid

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From caol (“narrow, slender”) +‎ cuid (“portion”).

Pronunciation

Noun

caolchuid f (genitive singular caolchoda)

  1. lesser part

Declension

Declension of caolchuid (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative caolchuid
vocative a chaolchuid
genitive caolchoda
dative caolchuid
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an chaolchuid
genitive na caolchoda
dative leis an gcaolchuid
don chaolchuid

Derived terms

  • ar an gcaolchuid (“in needy circumstances, in want”)
  • le caolchuid (“on sufferance”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of caolchuid
radical lenition eclipsis
caolchuid chaolchuid gcaolchuid

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 222, page 113

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “caol”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 115
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “caolchuid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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