coilear

See also: coiléar

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish coilér, a borrowing from Middle English coler, from Anglo-Norman coler, from Late Latin collare, from Latin collum (“neck”).

Noun

coilear m (genitive singular coileir, plural coilearan)

  1. collar (of shirt etc)

Mutation

Mutation of coilear
radical lenition
coilear choilear

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “coilear”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 coilér”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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