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

• Cúil Raithin (“Coleraine”)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 55

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.