# cuisle
## Irish
### Etymology

From Middle Irish cuisle (“pipe, tube”), from Old Irish cusle, of obscure origin. Possibly related to Proto-Germanic *husǭ (“outer covering”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”). Not related to Latin pulsus.

### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Connacht) IPA: /ˈkiʃlʲə/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈkʊʃl̠ʲə/

### Noun

cuisle f (genitive singular cuisle or cuisleann, nominative plural cuislí or cuisleanna or cuisleacha)
* pulse (regular beat felt when the arteries are depressed)
* (chiefly figuratively) vein, blood vessel
* forearm, wrist
* (figuratively) channel
* (geology) seam
* (music) flute
* (architecture) flute (groove in a column)

#### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
cuisle
cuislí
vocative
a chuisle
a chuislí
genitive
cuisle
cuislí
dative
cuisle
cuislí
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an chuisle
na cuislí
genitive
na cuisle
na gcuislí
dative
leis an gcuisle don chuisle
leis na cuislí :
* Alternative plural form: cuisleacha
* Archaic fifth-declension forms:
bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
cuisle
cuisleanna
vocative
a chuisle
a chuisleanna
genitive
cuisleann
cuisleann
dative
cuislinn
cuisleanna
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an chuisle
na cuisleanna
genitive
na cuisleann
na gcuisleann
dative
leis an gcuislinn don chuislinn
leis na cuisleanna :

#### Synonyms

* (vein): féith (used of literal veins)
* (blood vessel): fuileadán (used of literal blood vessels)
* (forearm): rí
* (channel): géag, góilín
* (musical instrument): fliúit, feadóg mhór

#### Derived terms

* cuisleach (“veined”, adjective)
* cuisligh (“flow; flute; pipe”, verb)

#### Descendants

* →⇒ English: acushla (from vocative a chuisle)
* →⇒ English: macushla (from mo chuisle (literally “my pulse”))

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuisle”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “cuisle”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN, page cuisle
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 228, page 115
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 153
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 43, page 19

### Further reading

* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cuisle”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 212
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuisle”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cuisle”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “cuisle”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Middle Irish cuisle (“pipe, tube”), from Old Irish cusle, of obscure origin. Possibly related to Proto-Germanic *husǭ (“outer covering”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kew- (“to cover”). Not related to Latin pulsus.

### Noun

cuisle f (plural cuislean)
* a vein or artery
* pulse
* stream
* pipe

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “cuisle”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN, page cuisle