céile
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish céile, from Primitive Irish ᚉᚓᚂᚔ (celi, “follower, devotee (genitive)”), from Proto-Celtic *kēlyos.
Pronunciation
Noun
céile m (genitive singular céile, nominative plural céilí)
Declension
Declension of céile
Derived terms
- a chéile (“each other, one another”)
- aonchéileach (“monogamous”, adjective)
- as a chéile (“one after another, in a row, consecutively”)
- athair céile (“father-in-law”)
- bean chéile, céile mná (“wife”)
- céile fir, fear céile (“husband”)
- le chéile (“together”)
- máthair chéile (“mother-in-law”)
- trína chéile (“mixed up”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
céile | chéile | gcéile |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “céile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “céile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Primitive Irish ᚉᚓᚂᚔ (celi, “follower, devotee”, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *kēlyos.
Pronunciation
Noun
céile m (genitive céili, nominative plural céili)
- servant, bondsman, subject
- (law) liege, vassal, the recipient of a fief
- fellow, companion, neighbour
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 59a15
- huadsom dia cheliu
- from himself to his fellow
- huadsom dia cheliu
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 59a15
- husband
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 125a2
- amal tiagtae mná hua célib cofiru aili
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 125a2
- (rare) wife
- (pronominally) one, the other
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 6d4
- íroimed cách achéele per caritatem
- glosses suscipite uos nuicem
- íroimed cách achéele per caritatem
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 6d4
Declension
Masculine io-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | céile | céileL | céiliL |
Vocative | céili | céileL | céiliu |
Accusative | céileN | céileL | céiliuH |
Genitive | céiliL | céileL | céileN |
Dative | céiliuL | céilib | céilib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
Descendants
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
céile | chéile | céile pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “céile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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