codail

Irish

Alternative forms

  • codlaigh

Etymology

From Middle Irish cotlaid (compare Scottish Gaelic caidil, Manx caddil), from Old Irish ·cotli, prototonic of con·tuili, from *kom-tulī-, from Proto-Celtic *toleyo-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tel- (be still).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkɔd̪ˠɪlʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkʌd̪ˠɪlʲ/
  • Forms beginning with codl- are pronounced /ˈkɔl̪ˠ-/ (Munster, Connacht), /ˈkʌl̪ˠ-/ (Ulster).

Verb

codail (present analytic codlaíonn, future analytic codlóidh, verbal noun codladh, past participle codalta)

  1. sleep
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 157:
      ḱē n šūmrə, ə gol̄īn̄ tøsə ān̄?
      conventional orthography: Cén seomra a gcodlaíonn tusa ann?
      Which room do you sleep in?
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 157:
      ə xodl̥ tū gə mŭȧ.
      conventional orthography: Ar chodail tú go maith?
      Did you sleep well?

Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
codail chodail gcodail
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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