Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
caolú m (genitive singular caolaithe, nominative plural caoluithe)
- verbal noun of caolaigh
- attenuation
- (phonology, phonetics) palatalization
Declension
Declension of caolú (third declension)
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Mutation
Mutated forms of caolú
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lenition
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eclipsis
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chaolú
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gcaolú
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- “caolú”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cáelugud”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “caoluġaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 116
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caolú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN