a chéile
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish a chéile. Literally, “his companion”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]Usage notes
[edit]After a preposition ending in a vowel, the preposition and the a may contract in the usual way for a (“his”), or the a may be deleted (though its lenition effect on chéile remains):
- lena chéile or le chéile (“with each other”)
- óna chéile or ó chéile (“from each other”)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 172
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 82, page 34
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “céile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Old Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “his companion”.
Pronoun
[edit]- each other, one another
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:a chéile.
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “céile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language