coille

Irish

Noun

coille f sg

1. genitive singular of coill (“wood, forest”)

Noun

coille f sg

1. variant genitive singular of caileann (“calends”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of coille

radical	lenition	eclipsis
coille	choille	gcoille

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coille”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “coille”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “coille”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

Old French

Alternative forms

• coil m

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cōlea n pl, from Latin cōleus m sg, of Ancient Greek origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuʎə/

Noun

coille oblique singular, f (oblique plural coilles, nominative singular coille, nominative plural coilles)

1. (anatomy, vulgar) ball, testicle

Related terms

• coillon
• coillu

Descendants

• Middle French: couille
  • French: couille
• Walloon: coye
• → Middle Dutch: cul
  • Dutch: kul

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish caille, genitive singular of caill (“forest”) (compare modern Irish coill).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɤʎə/^[1][2]

Noun

coille f (dative singular coille or coillidh, genitive singular coille, plural coilltean or coilltichean)

1. forest

Declension

Declension of coille

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	coille	coilltean
genitive	coille	coilltean
dative	coille	coilltean
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(a') choille	(na) coilltean
genitive	(na) coille	(nan) coilltean
dative	(a') choille	(na) coilltean
vocative	choille	coilltean

• Alternative dative singular: coillidh
• Alternative genitive singular: coilleadh

Derived terms

• blàran coille
• calman-coille
• capall-coille
• coilltearachd
• corcan-coille
• crùban-coille
• dearcag-choille
• lasair-choille
• maor-coille
• riabhag-choille

Mutation

Mutation of coille

radical	lenition
coille	choille

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

1. Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
2. Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath