cuil

== Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish cuil (“fly; flea, gnat”), from Proto-Celtic *kulis (compare Scottish Gaelic cuileag, Breton kelien, Welsh cylion), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱuH-ló- (compare Latin culex (“gnat”), Old Armenian սլաք (slakʻ, “roasting spit”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɪlʲ/ === Noun === cuil f (genitive singular cuile, nominative plural cuileanna) fly, bug ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cuil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cuil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “cuil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “cuil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 == Old Irish == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *kulis, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱuH-ló-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkulʲ/ === Noun === cuil f (genitive unattested) fly (sometimes, perhaps) flea, gnat ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Irish: cuil, cuileóc Irish: cuil, cuileog Manx: quill, quaillag Scottish Gaelic: cuileag === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cuil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language