cuisle
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish cuisle (“pipe, tube”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɪʃl̠ʲə/
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
Declension
Declension of cuisle
Fourth declension
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative plural form: cuisleacha
- Archaic fifth-declension forms:
Declension of cuisle
Fifth declension
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms
- (vein): féith (used of literal veins)
- (blood vessel): fuileadán (used of literal blood vessels)
Descendants
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cuisle | chuisle | gcuisle |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- “cuisle” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “cuisle” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 212.
- "cuisle" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “cuisle” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cuisle” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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