ceadal

Irish

Alternative forms

• céadal

Etymology

From Old Irish cétal, with irregular change of /e:/ to /e/, later regularly /æ/ in dialects outside of East Ulster (including counties Meath and Louth, historically) and probably East Leinster.

Noun

ceadal m (genitive singular ceadail, nominative plural ceadail)

1. (music) recital

Declension

Declension of ceadal

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ceadal ceadail Vocative a cheadail a cheadala Genitive ceadail ceadal Dative ceadal ceadail

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an ceadal na ceadail Genitive an cheadail na gceadal Dative leis an gceadal don cheadal leis na ceadail

Derived terms

• focheadal (“act of singing, chanting (in accompaniment)”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceadal	cheadal	gceadal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceadal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN