capall

Irish

Capall

Etymology

From Old Irish capall, a borrowing from Proto-Brythonic *kappilos (compare Welsh ceffyl), from Proto-Celtic.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkapˠəl̪ˠ/

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

Declension of capall

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	capall	capaill
Vocative	a chapaill	a chapalla
Genitive	capaill	capall
Dative	capall	capaill

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an capall	na capaill
Genitive	an chapaill	na gcapall
Dative	leis an gcapall don chapall	leis na capaill

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”)

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”)

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”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
capall	chapall	gcapall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Insular Celtic *kapallos, from Proto-Celtic [Term?]. Compare Welsh ceffyl and Gaulish caballos, presumably whence Latin caballus was borrowed.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkapal͈/

Noun

capall m

horse

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	capall	capall^L	capaill^L
Vocative	capaill	capall^L	caipliu
Accusative	capall^N	capall^L	caipliu
Genitive	capaill^L	capall	capall^N
Dative	capull^L	caiplib	caiplib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Irish: capall
Manx: cabbyl
Scottish Gaelic: capall

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
capall	chapall	capall pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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.

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
capall	chapall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

capall

Irish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Inflection

Descendants

Mutation

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Noun

Usage notes

Mutation

Further reading