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GLOSSARY. 623
'Cairteal, quarter, from L. Lat. quartelhmi.
caiseal, bulwark = [from] Lat. castelluiri.
cal, cabbage, Sc. kail, Eng. cole, all fiom Lat. caulis, stalk.
caladh, harbour = Ital., Span., Port, cala, haven, Fr. cale, etc. [D.]
caladh, hard, 0. G. calad, ^Y.calad, Gaulish Caletes, root cal, to be
hard, Got. hallus, rock. Or root drd, Eng. shale, shell ?
calbh, bald = [from] Lat. calvus.
calpa, calf of leg, Eng. m^/'[D.]
cam, crooked, 0. G. camm, Gaul, camho-, Gr. skamhos.
canna, a can ; from the Eng.
caoidh, lamentation, 0. Ir. cdi, cdi, inf. to ctim ; Stokes compared
Lat. queror, for qesor, Eng. ivheeze. [Now Stokes gives a
Celtic verb keio, weep, perhaps from keipo ; but compare
caoin, *qoinw, qeino-, Eng. ivhine.^
caomh, gentle \*coimo-s, Gr. koimao, lull, Eng. home, homely.
Otherwise in Gad, No. 177.]
car, friendly, caraid, friend ; root car, Lat. cat-as, etc.
car, turn, Ger. kehren, turn [D. No : a Celtic koru, allied to Lat.
curmis.]
carbad, chariot = Lat. carpentum.
carbhaidh, carroway, from the English.
carbhaireachd, carving, from Eng. carver.
carcair, prison, from Lat. career.
Carghus, Lent, 0. G. corgais, from Lat. q^iadrat/esima, fortieth
(day) ; Fr. careme.
cas, emergency = [from] Lat. casus.
casag, long coat = [from] Eng. cassock.
casgradh, destruction, O G. coscrad ; prep, co, con, and root skar,
cut.
cathair, chair, from Lat. cathedra.
ce, earth, connected with caoi, road, 0. G. cdi, root ki, go, Gr. kid,
Lat. cio, excite, hie. [From *k€Ì, here, Eng. here (Windisch).]
ceal, heaven, O.G. eel = Lat. caelum [D. Borrowed from Lat.
(Stokes).]
ceal, death, 0. G. eel, root kel, Lat. celo, Eng. hell.
cealt, apparel ; from ceil.
ceangal, binding, O. Ir. cengal, from Lat. cingulum.
ceap, block, 0. Ir. cepp = \i\-oni\ Lat. cippus.
cearcal, hoop = [from] Lat. circidus.
csig, kick, is from Eng. kick.
ceile, spouse, 0. Ir. ccle ; Gr. keleuthos, way, Lith. kelias, way
[D. A Celtic keiljo-s ; root kei, go, Lat. cio, etc. (Stokes).]
C.eir, wax = [from] Lat. cera.
qeisd, question, fi-om Lat. quaestio.