ceil

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /siːl/
• Rhymes: -iːl

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain; perhaps related to Latin celare (“to hide”).

Verb

ceil (third-person singular simple present ceils, present participle ceiling, simple past and past participle ceiled)

1. To line or finish a surface, as of a wall, with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or the like.

Etymology 2

From French ciel (“heavens”), from Latin caelum.

Noun

ceil (plural ceils)

1. (poetic) a ceiling

Translations

ceiling — see ceiling

Anagrams

• Icel.
• ICLE
• ILEC
• lice

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ceilid, from Proto-Celtic *kel-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-; compare Welsh celu, Latin celō, Old English helan.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [cɛlʲ]

Verb

ceil (present analytic ceileann, future analytic ceilfidh, verbal noun ceilt, past participle ceilte)

1. to hide, conceal

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	ceilim	ceileann tú; ceilir†	ceileann sé, sí	ceilimid	ceileann sibh	ceileann siad; ceilid†	a cheileann; a cheileas	ceiltear
	past	cheil mé; cheileas	cheil tú; cheilis	cheil sé, sí	cheileamar; cheil muid	cheil sibh; cheileabhair	cheil siad; cheileadar	a cheil	ceileadh
	past habitual	cheilinn	cheilteá	cheileadh sé, sí	cheilimis; cheileadh muid	cheileadh sibh	cheilidís; cheileadh siad	a cheileadh	cheiltí
	future	ceilfidh mé; ceilfead	ceilfidh tú; ceilfir†	ceilfidh sé, sí	ceilfimid; ceilfidh muid	ceilfidh sibh	ceilfidh siad; ceilfid†	a cheilfidh; a cheilfeas	ceilfear
conditional		cheilfinn	cheilfeá	cheilfeadh sé, sí	cheilfimis; cheilfeadh muid	cheilfeadh sibh	cheilfidís; cheilfeadh siad	a cheilfeadh	cheilfí
subjunctive	present	go gceile mé; go gceilead†	go gceile tú; go gceilir†	go gceile sé, sí	go gceilimid; go gceile muid	go gceile sibh	go gceile siad; go gceilid†	—	go gceiltear
	past	dá gceilinn	dá gceilteá	dá gceileadh sé, sí	dá gceilimis; dá gceileadh muid	dá gceileadh sibh	dá gceilidís; dá gceileadh siad	—	dá gceiltí
imperative		ceilim	ceil	ceileadh sé, sí	ceilimis	ceiligí; ceilidh†	ceilidís	—	ceiltear
verbal noun		ceilt
past participle		ceilte

† Dialect form

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceil	cheil	gceil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.