FromOld Irishcáil(“quality, property”), fromLatinquālitās.
càil f (genitive singularcàile,pluralcàilean)
- appetite,disposition,desire
- appearance
- (chiefly Lewis, Harris, Skye)anything,(negative context)nothing
- Synonyms:dad,func,heat,sgath,sìon,stuth
Chan fhaca micàil as ùr.- I didn't seeanything new. or: I sawnothing new.
- (colloquial, chiefly Lewis, Harris, Skye)nothing
1985,Calum andRory MacDonald, “Air a' Chuan”, inHeartland, performed byRunrig, track 4:Càil ach muir, tonnan is cuan- Nothing but sea, waves and ocean
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
