Irish
capall
Noun
capall m (genitive singular capaill, nominative plural capaill)
- horse (large hoofed animal)
- (Ulster) mare
- (genitive singular as attributive adjective) large, coarse (species of something)
Declension
- Alternative plural: caiple (Cois Fharraige)
Derived terms
Terms derived from capall
- ar chapall, ar dhroim capaill, ar muin capaill (“on horseback”, adverb)
- athchapall m (“reserve horse; remount”)
- beach chapaill f (“wasp”)
- beithíoch capaill (“horse”)
- buaic capaill (“crest of horse”)
- capaill bhána m pl (“white horses, crested waves”)
- capaillín m, gearrchapall m (“pony”)
- capallach (“equine”, adj)
- capall ardfhola m (“thorough-bred horse”)
- capall ardualaigh m (“pack-horse”)
- capall ballach m (“piebald horse”)
- capall breac m (“dapple-grey horse”)
- capall buírua m (“light bay (horse)”)
- capall céachta m (“plough-horse”)
- capall ceannann m (“white-faced horse”)
- capall cogaidh m (“charger”)
- capall coille m (“capercaillie”)
- capall cóiste m (“coach-horse”)
- capall dealraitheach m (“a likely-looking horse”)
- capall deargrua m (“sorrel”)
- capall diallaite m (“saddle-horse”)
- capall docheansaithe m (“untameable horse”)
- capall faiteach m (“skittish horse”)
- capall fiaigh m, capall seilge m (“hunter (horse)”)
- capall folaíochta m (“thoroughbred horse”)
- capall gleannach m (“hollow-backed horse”)
- capall luascáin m (“rocking-horse”)
- capall macánta m (“docile horse”)
- capall maide m (“wooden, vaulting, horse; hobby-horse”)
- capall mairceach m, capall na mairce m (“galled horse”)
- capall marcaíochta m (“hackney”)
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- capall marclaigh m (“pack-horse”)
- capall mear m (“fast, spirited, horse”)
- capall neamhéasca m (“slow-moving horse”)
- capall rása m (“racehorse”)
- capall rua m (“chestnut horse”)
- capall sáiteach m (“borer”)
- capall sásta m (“manageable horse”)
- capall scáfar m, sceiteog de chapall f (“shy horse”)
- capall sceadach m (“horse with blaze”)
- capall scóipiúil m (“free-striding horse”)
- capall sealaíochta m (“relay horse”)
- capall sliogánach m (“dapple-grey horse”)
- capall stailce m (“stubborn, sulky, horse”)
- capall stalcaireachta m (“stalking-horse”)
- capall taghdach m (“temperamental horse”)
- capall tarlaithe m (“draught-horse”)
- capall tarraingthe m (“draught-horse”)
- capall uaibhreach m (“spirited horse”)
- capall ualaigh m (“pack-horse”)
- ceannaí capall m (“horse-dealer”)
- cinnire capaill m (“one leading a horse”)
- cíor chapaill f (“curry-comb”)
- cnó capaill m (“horse-chestnut”)
- coiléar capaill m (“horse-collar”)
- coirb capaill (“withers of horse”)
- cóiste capaill (“horse-drawn coach”)
- conablach capaill (“carcass of horse”)
- croibhín capaill m, crúb capaill (“horse's hoof”)
- crú capaill m (“horseshoe”)
- cruimh chapaill f (“grub of tiger moth”)
- cuingir chapall f (“yoke of horses”)
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- culaith capaill (“horse trappings, harness”)
- cúlú capaill (“backing of horse”)
- dailc de chapall (“squat horse”)
- eireaball capaill (“horsetail”)
- faocha chapaill f (“whelk”)
- féar capaill m (“cat’s-tail grass”)
- feoil chapaill f (“horsemeat”)
- fia-chapall m (“wild horse”)
- gabháil capaill (“the harnessing of a horse”)
- gillín capaill m (“fine big horse”)
- giolla capaill m (“horse-boy”)
- láimhdeachas capaill (“handling of horse”)
- leathchapall m (“medium-sized horse, cob”)
- moing capaill (“horse’s mane”)
- pana capaill (“horse-cloth, housing”)
- péist chapaill f (“large caterpillar”)
- rásaíocht chapall f (“horse-racing”)
- rás capall (“horse race”)
- scor capaill (“unyoking of horse”)
- scothchapall m (“medium-sized horse”)
- seamair chapaill f (“red clover”)
- seangán capaill m (“black ant”)
- seisreach chapall (“team of horses”)
- seithe chapaill (“horsehide”)
- seó capall (“horse show”)
- sos capall (“relay of horses”)
- speach chapaill (“horse's kick”)
- sraoillín capall m (“string of horses”)
- taispeántas capall (“horse-show”)
- ualach capaill (“horse-load”)
- umar capall (“horse-trough”)
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Mutation
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chapall
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gcapall
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- "capall" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “capall” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Old Irish
Etymology
From Insular Celtic *kapallos, from Proto-Celtic [Term?]. Compare Welsh ceffyl and Gaulish caballos, presumably whence Latin caballus was borrowed.
Noun
capall m
- horse
Inflection
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
Mutation
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chapall |
capall
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- “capall” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish capall (“horse”), from Proto-Celtic [Term?].
Noun
capall m (genitive singular capaill, plural capaill)
- colt
- mare (female horse)
Usage notes
- Even when meaning "mare", retains masculine gender.
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “capall” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.