The Irish word for thin is
caol
Translations for thin and their definitions
| caol | |
| 1. adj. thin, slender | |
| 2. adj. fine | |
| 3. adj. narrow | |
| 4. adj. (sound) thin, shrill | |
| 5. adj. (linguistics) slender, palatalized | |
| Caol le caol agus leathan le leathan. - Slender (consonant) goes with slender (vowel) and broad (consonant) with broad (vowel). qual qual, rule in Irish spelling | |
| 6. adj. weak, dilute | |
| 7. adj. slight | |
| 8. adj. subtle | |
| 9. n-m. (qual, of body, limb) slender part | |
| 10. n-m. narrow water, strait | |
| 11. n-m. (basketry) osier, twig | |
| 12. v. Alternative form of caolaigh, , become thin; narrow; reduce; dilute; palatalize; edge, sidle |
| tanaí | |
| 1. adj. thin, fine, sparse, weak, watery | |
| 2. adj. (of water) shallow | |
| 3. n-f. shoal, shallow water |
| séimhigh | |
| 1. v. (literary) to thin, attenuate | |
| 2. v. to make, become mild; to mellow | |
| 3. v. (phonology) to lenite |
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