càl

See also: cal, Cal, Cal., and cál

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

càdhal

Etymology

Borrowed from Old English cāl, cāul, cāwel, from Latin caulis. Cognate with Irish cál, English cole and kale, Icelandic kál, German Kohl, etc.

Noun

càl m (genitive singular càil, no plural)

colewort, greens, cabbage, kale
name for all sorts of cabbage
Scotch broth of which kale is a principal ingredient
dinner

An d' fhuair thu do chàl? ― Did you have your dinner (kale)?
(rare) joke

Derived terms

Terms derived from càl

càl ceairsleach (“cabbage”)

càl ceannan (“a dish of potatoes and greens mashed together”)

càl colaig (“cauliflower”)

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
A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Complied by Malcolm MacLennan)

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