céilí
Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish céilide (“visit”), from céle (“companion”).
Noun
céilí m (genitive singular céilí, nominative plural céilithe)
Declension
Declension of céilí
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative plural: céilíocha (Cois Fharraige)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
céilí m pl
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
céilí | chéilí | gcéilí |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “céilí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “céilide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language