cál

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cal"

Irish

cál

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kɑːl̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /kɑːlˠ/, /kɑːl̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /kaːlˠ/, /kaːl̪ˠ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle English cole, from Old English cāwel, from Latin caulis (“cabbage”).

Noun

cál m (genitive singular cáil, nominative plural cáil)

1. kale, cabbage

   Synonym: cabáiste

Declension

Declension of cál

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cál cáil Vocative a cháil a chála Genitive cáil cál Dative cál cáil

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cál na cáil Genitive an cháil na gcál Dative leis an gcál don chál leis na cáil

Derived terms

• cál bán (“white(-hearted) cabbage”)
• cál catach (“curly kale, savoy”)
• cál ceannann (“colcannon”)
• cál dearg (“Scotch kale”)
• cál faiche (“nettles”)
• cál glas (“green(-hearted) cabbage”)
• cál Phádraig (“plantain”)
• cál rábach (“kohlrabi, rape”)
• garraí cáil (“cabbage garden”)
• péist cháil (“caterpillar (of white cabbage butterfly)”)

 

Etymology 2

Noun

cál m (genitive singular cál)

1. Alternative spelling of call (“call, need; claim, right”)

Declension

Declension of cál

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative cál Vocative a chál Genitive cál Dative cál

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an cál Genitive an chál Dative leis an gcál don chál

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cál	chál	gcál
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cál”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cál”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 110
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cál”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cál”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024