càl

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cal"

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms
  • càdhal

Etymology

From Old English cāl, cāul, cāwel, from Latin caulis. Cognate with Irish cál, English cole and kale, Icelandic kál, German Kohl, etc.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʰaːl̪ˠ/

Noun

càl m (genitive singular càil, no plural)

  1. colewort, greens, cabbage, kale
  2. name for all sorts of cabbage
  3. Scotch broth of which kale is a principal ingredient
  4. dinner
    An d' fhuair thu do chàl? ― Did you have your dinner (kale)?
  5. (rare) joke

Derived terms
  • càl amh (“lettuce”)
  • càl ceannan (“bubble and squeak”)
  • càl liath-ghlas (“Chenopodium album”)
  • càl na mara (“sea kale”)
  • càl nan each (“horseradish”)
  • càl purpaidh (“red cabbage”)
  • càl ribeach (“(vegetable) greens”)
  • càl sgeallain (“mustard greens”)
  • càl-bloinigein (“spinach”)
  • càl-broillein (“broccoli”)
  • càl-carrach (“cauliflower”)
  • càl-ceairsleach (“curly kale”)
  • càl-colaig (“cauliflower”)
  • càl-colbhairt (“wild cabbage”)
  • càl-crasgach (“kale”)
  • càl-deanntaige (“nettle leaves; nettle soup”)
  • càl-duilisg (“dulse pudding”)
  • càl-earraich (“spring greens”)
  • càl-geal (“white cabbage”)
  • càl-greannach (“curly kale”)
  • càl-gruithean (“cauliflower”)
  • càl-grutha (“cauliflower”)
  • càl-gruthach (“cauliflower”)
  • càl-Manainneach (“Coincya monensis”)
  • càl-Phàdraig (“Saxifraga spathularis”)
  • cal-shalann (“alkali”)
  • càl-slapach (“Chenopodium album”)
  • càl-tràgha (“sea kale”)

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

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “càl”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC
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