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

Mutation of càl

radical	lenition
càl	chàl

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

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “càl”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC