cuisle

== Irish == === Etymology === From Middle Irish cuisle (“pipe, tube”), from Old Irish cusle, of obscure origin. Possibly related to Proto-Germanic *husǭ (“outer covering”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”). Not related to Latin pulsus. === Pronunciation === (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkiʃlʲə/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkʊʃl̠ʲə/, /ˈkɞʃl̠ʲə/ === Noun === cuisle f (genitive singular cuisle or cuisleann, nominative plural cuislí or cuisleanna or cuisleacha) pulse (regular beat felt when the arteries are depressed) (chiefly figuratively) vein, blood vessel forearm, wrist (figuratively) channel (geology) seam (music) flute (architecture) flute (groove in a column) ==== Declension ==== Alternative plural form: cuisleacha Archaic fifth-declension forms: ==== Synonyms ==== (vein): féith (used of literal veins) (blood vessel): fuileadán (used of literal blood vessels) (forearm): rí (channel): géag, góilín (musical instrument): fliúit, feadóg mhór ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== →⇒ English: acushla (from vocative a chuisle) →⇒ English: macushla (from mo chuisle (literally “my pulse”)) === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “cuisle”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 212 Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cuisle”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “cuisle”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “cuisle”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Middle Irish cuisle (“pipe, tube”), from Old Irish cusle, of obscure origin. Possibly related to Proto-Germanic *husǭ (“outer covering”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”). Not related to Latin pulsus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkʰuʃlə/ === Noun === cuisle f (plural cuislean) a vein or artery pulse stream pipe === Mutation === === References ===