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Etymological dictionary
calpa, principal set to interest, Sc. calpa, death-duty payable to the landlord, from N. kaup, stipulation, pay.
calum, hardness on the skin (H.S.D.; cathlum in M‘D.); from Lat. callum, callus. It is not the obsolete caladh, hard, E. Ir. calad, W. caled, O. Br. calat, *kaleto‑, root kal, hard; Got hallus, stone, Norse helle, hallr; Skr. çilâ, stone.
cam, crooked, one-eyed, Ir. cam, O. Ir. camm, W. cam, Br. kam, Gaul. cambo‑, root kemb, wind; Gr. κόμβος, a band, bond; Lit. kingė, door-bar. It has been referred to the root of Gr. σκαμβός, crooked (see ceum), and to Lat. camera, whence Eng. chamber. Hence camag, club, camas, bay.
camag-gharuidh, hoow above the eye, Ir. camóg-ara, “the bend of the ara,” O. Ir. aire, G. arach, tempus; Gr. παρειά, cheek.
camart, wry-neck:
camastrang, quarrelsome disputation (M‘D.):
camhach, talkative; *com-ag-ach, root ag in adhan?
camhal, a camel, Ir. camhall, E. Ir. camail, W. camyll; from Lat. camelus.
camhan, a hollow plain, Ir. cabhán (County Cavan); from the Lat. cavus.
camhanaich, break of day, twilight, Ir. camhaoir; (M‘A. sgamhanaich, “lights”):
camlag, a curl:
camp, campa, a camp, Ir., M. Ir. campa; from the Eng. camp.
campar, vexation, grief; from Sc. cummar, Eng. cumber.
can, say, sing, Ir. canaim, O. Ir. canim, W. cana, sing. Br. kana; Lat. cano, sing; Gr. κανάζω; Eng. hen.
cana, porpoise, young whale, Ir. cana (O’R.), cána (O’B.), whelp, pup, M. Ir. cana (do.); from Lat. canis?
canach, mountain down, cotton Ir. canach, O. Ir. canach, lanugo; Gr. κνῆκος, thistle, κνηκός, yellow; Skr. kāncanas, golden, a plant; *qonak‑. Stokes refers it to *casnaka, Lat. cânus, white (*casno‑), Ag. S. hasu, grey, Eng. hare.
cànain, language, Ir. cánamhuin. Seemingly a long-vowel form of the root qan, cry. See cainnt.
canal, cinnamon; see caineal.
canan, a cannon; from the Eng.
canastair, a canister; from the Eng.
cangaruich, fret; from Sc. canker, fret, Eng. canker.
cangluinn, trouble, vexation; from Sc. cangle.
canna, a can, so Ir., E. Ir. cann; from Eng. can.
cannach, pretty, kind; *cas‑no‑, root, qas, Lat. cānus, white (casnus), Ag. S. hasu, grey, Eng. haze? Or it may be allied to Lat. candidus, white, Skr. cand, shine.
