coille

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Irish

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Noun

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coille f sg

  1. genitive singular of coill (“wood, forest”)

Noun

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coille f sg

  1. variant genitive singular of caileann (“calends”)

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
coille choille gcoille
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *cōlea n pl, from Latin cōleus m sg, of Ancient Greek origin.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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coille oblique singular, f (oblique plural coilles, nominative singular coille, nominative plural coilles)

  1. (anatomy, vulgar) ball, testicle
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Descendants

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  • Middle French: couille
    • French: couille
  • Walloon: coye
  • → Middle Dutch: cul

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish caille, genitive singular of caill (“forest”) (compare modern Irish coill).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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coille f (dative singular coille or coillidh, genitive singular coille, plural coilltean or coilltichean)

  1. forest

Declension

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Declension of coille
Indefinite
Singular Plural
Nominative coille coilltean
Genitive coille coilltean
Dative coille coilltean
Definite
Singular Plural
Nominative (a') choille (na) coilltean
Genitive (na) coille (nan) coilltean
Dative (a') choille (na) coilltean
Vocative choille coilltean

Derived terms

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Mutation

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