{"id":3261,"date":"2018-10-02T15:12:32","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T15:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/rywsut\/?p=3261"},"modified":"2023-09-24T20:52:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T19:52:54","slug":"narrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2018\/10\/02\/narrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Narrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Words for <strong>narrow<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/infomatique\/26956922875\/in\/photolist-H56h1k-d2RFrN-gSoSRb-ij895V-h9Z1YZ-G9ALiB-gSpiej-gTUJX8-GY33KF-GDVjF9-h9Zd8o-gSoU3E-h9Zioc-GVFrRA-h9Zm7t-GDR7fL-gSpHH6-H51WDT-ha1v9T-h9Zx49-gSp7Re-d2RvS1-Qi191s-H51FLr-GDPTDq-H51GRT-GVFuWd-h9ZoGP-ha1LE2-gSoZ8E-GVFtfN-G9vu5q-G9Ag8d-GDV7qN-h9ZxgT-gSoX7f-GVFz3j-2gpNspw-ha1xNF-H52H5g-GVFxfG-Kb3EPj-H22tA1-d2RJSj-d2RxsQ-GY3dmK-29TSaG-jDnSKT-L4UUqo-d2RvrE\" title=\"NORE LINEAR PARK IN KILKENNY CITY TUESDAY 10 MAY 2016 [THE WEATHER WAS VERY WET AND HAZY]-115697\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7252\/26956922875_8c4fa16399_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"NORE LINEAR PARK IN KILKENNY CITY TUESDAY 10 MAY 2016 [THE WEATHER WAS VERY WET AND HAZY]-115697\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Words marked with a * are reconstructions.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*koilos<\/strong> = thin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>c\u00e1el, c\u00f3el<\/strong> = thin, slender, narrow, fine, delicate, strait<br \/>\n<strong>c\u00e1el\u00e1n<\/strong> = intestine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>c\u00e1el, c\u00f3el, c\u00f3il<\/strong> = thin slender, narrow, fine, nice, delicate, subtle, exact<br \/>\n<strong>c\u00e1el\u00e1n, caolan<\/strong> = intestine, gut<br \/>\n<strong>c\u00e1elas<\/strong> = narrows, strait<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>caol<\/strong> [ke\u02d0l\u032a\u02e0 \/ ki\u02d0l\u02e0] = thin, slender; fine; narrow; shrill; slender; palatalized; weak, dilute; slight; subtle<br \/>\n<strong>caolach<\/strong> =osiers, twigs, wicker-\/wattle-work<br \/>\n<strong>caolad\u00e1n<\/strong> = thin person, thing<br \/>\n<strong>caolad\u00f3ir<\/strong> = wicker-worker, basker-maker<br \/>\n<strong>caolaigh<\/strong> = to become thin, narrow, reduce, dilute<br \/>\n<strong>caol\u00e1n<\/strong> = creek, small intestine, catgut<br \/>\n<strong>caolas<\/strong> = strait, narrows, narrow place, bottleneck<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>caol<\/strong> [k\u026f\u02d0l\u032a\u02e0] = narrow, slender; slim, thin, lean, skinny; lanky<br \/>\n<strong>caolan<\/strong> = colon, intestine, entrail(s), gut(s)<br \/>\n<strong>caolanach<\/strong> = colonic, intestinal<br \/>\n<strong>caolraid<\/strong> = alley, vennel, wynd<br \/>\n<strong>caolaich<\/strong> = make slender, slenderise<br \/>\n<strong>caolachadh<\/strong> = (act of) narrowing, slenderisation<br \/>\n<strong>caolas<\/strong> = narrow(s), strait<br \/>\n<strong>caoladair<\/strong> = wickerworker<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>keyl<\/strong> [ke\u02d0l] = thin, fine, attenuated, lanky, lean, slim, slight, willowy, gracile, tapered, slender, hairline, narrow, spare, small, drawn out, watery (<em>soup<\/em>), weak (<em>solution<\/em>)<br \/>\n<strong>keyllaghey<\/strong> = narrow (down), narrowing<br \/>\n<strong>keyley<\/strong> = narrowing, slenderize, thin<br \/>\n<strong>keylagh<\/strong> = to attenuate, attenuation, slenderize, thin, thinning<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*k\u0289l<\/strong> = narrow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>cul, kul<\/strong> = narrow, lean<br \/>\n<strong>culaidd, culedd<\/strong> = narrowish, restricted<br \/>\n<strong>culhau, kulhau<\/strong> = to become narrow, shrink<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>cul<\/strong> [k\u0268\u02d0l \/ \u02c8ki\u02d0l] = narrow, lean, illibera,; bigoted, narrow-minded<br \/>\n<strong>culaidd<\/strong> = narrowish, restricted<br \/>\n<strong>culder, culdra<\/strong> = narrowness, leanness<br \/>\n<strong>culdir<\/strong> = isthmus, narrow strip of land<br \/>\n<strong>culfa<\/strong> = strait, narrow place, narrow passage<br \/>\n<strong>culhaf, culhau<\/strong> = to become narrow, shrink, lose fat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>cul<\/strong> = narrow, strait<br \/>\n<strong>culurionein, kylyrion<\/strong> = the bowel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>kul<\/strong> [ky:l \/ ki:l] = narrow<br \/>\n<strong>kuldremenva<\/strong> = corridor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>kul<\/strong> = narrow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from Proto-Indo-European <em>*koyHlo-<\/em> or <em>*skey-<\/em> (to dissect, split) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/c%C3%A1el#Old_Irish\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The word <strong>kyle<\/strong>, which appears in placenames such as <strong>Kyle of Lochalsh<\/strong> (Caol Loch Aillse) is an English version of the Scottish Gaelic <strong>caol<\/strong> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/kyle#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Another word for narrow in Breton is <strong>strizh<\/strong> [\u02c8stri\u02d0s], which comes from the Latin <em>strictus<\/em> (tightened, compressed). The English words <strong>strict<\/strong> and <strong>strait<\/strong> come from the same root [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/strizh\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words marked with a * are reconstructions.<\/p>\n<p>Sources: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/\">Wiktionary<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faclair.com\/\">Am Faclair Beag<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mannin.info\/Mannin\/fockleyr\/m2e.php\">Online Manx Dictionary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teanglann.ie\/en\/fgb\/ceann\">Teanglann.ie<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/dil.ie\/\">eDIL &#8211; Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.smo.uhi.ac.uk\/sengoidelc\/duil-belrai\/english.html\">In D\u00fail B\u00e9lrai English &#8211; Old Irish glossary<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/geiriadur.ac.uk\/gpc\/gpc.html\">Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cornishdictionary.org.uk\">Gerlyver Kernewek<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/lexiconcornubrit00willuoft\">Gerlyvyr Cernewec<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/lexiconcornubrit00willuoft\/mode\/2up\">Lexicon Cornu-britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arkaevraz.net\/dicobzh\/index.php\">Dictionaire Favereau<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brezhoneg.bzh\/87-termofis.htm\">TermOfis<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/devri.bzh\/\">Le dictionnaire diachronique du breton<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/geriafurch.bzh\/br\">Geriafurch<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wales.ac.uk\/Resources\/Documents\/Research\/CelticLanguages\/EnglishProtoCelticWordList.pdf\">English &#8211; ProtoCeltic WordList<\/a> (PDF), <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/EtymologicalDictionaryOfProtoCeltic\">Etymological Dictionary Of Proto Celtic<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/create.blubrry.com\/resources\/podcast-media-hosting\/?code=omniglot\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/banners\/banner_blubrry.png\" alt=\"Blubrry podcast hosting\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words for narrow and related things in Celtic languages. Words marked with a * are reconstructions. Proto-Celtic *koilos = thin Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) c\u00e1el, c\u00f3el = thin, slender, narrow, fine, delicate, strait c\u00e1el\u00e1n = intestine Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) c\u00e1el, c\u00f3el, c\u00f3il = thin slender, narrow, fine, nice, delicate, subtle, exact c\u00e1el\u00e1n, caolan = intestine, gut [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,16,26,19,20,21,3,22,6,37,7,27,10,11,12,13,23,43,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjectives","category-breton","category-kernewek-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-gaelg-manx","category-middle-cornish","category-middle-irish","category-middle-welsh-kymraec","category-nouns","category-old-irish-goidelc","category-proto-brythonic","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-gaidhlig-scottish-gaelic","category-verbs","category-cymraeg-welsh","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3261"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7581,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3261\/revisions\/7581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}