The Irish word for neck is
muineál
Translations for neck and their definitions
| muineál | |
| 1. neck |
| scóig | |
| 1. n-f. neck (of a bottle, of land, etc.), throat (gloss, of a vessel) | |
| 2. n-f. throttle (valve) |
| 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 |
| scrogall | |
| 1. n-m. (anatomy) long, thin neck | |
| 2. n-m. bottleneck |
| scrogall buidéil | |
| 1. n-m. bottleneck |
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