Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish *cáelas, equivalent to caol +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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caolas m (genitive singular caolais, nominative plural caolais)

  1. (geography) strait, narrows
  2. narrow place, bottleneck

Declension

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Declension of caolas (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative caolas caolais
vocative a chaolais a chaolasa
genitive caolais caolas
dative caolas caolais
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an caolas na caolais
genitive an chaolais na gcaolas
dative leis an gcaolas
don chaolas
leis na caolais

Mutation

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Mutated forms of caolas
radical lenition eclipsis
caolas chaolas gcaolas

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

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish *cáelas, equivalent to caol +‎ -as.

Noun

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caolas m (genitive singular caolais, plural caolan)

  1. channel, narrows, kyle

Mutation

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Mutation of caolas
radical lenition
caolas chaolas

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

Further reading

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