ceo

See also: CEO, ce'o, ceò, ceó, and céo

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin citō.

Adverb

ceo

1. early

---

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ceo (“sky; heaven”), from Latin caelum (“sky”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈθɛ.ʊ]

Noun

ceo m (plural ceos)

1. sky
2. heaven

Synonyms

• (sky): firmamento
• (heaven): paraíso

---

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ceó. Cognate with Manx kay and Scottish Gaelic ceò and English sky.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /coː/
• IPA^(key): /cɔː/

Noun

ceo m (genitive singular ceo or ciach or ceoigh, nominative plural ceonna or ceocha)

1. fog, mist
2. haze
3. vapour
4. (in questions and negative sentences) nothing, anything

   Níl tú ag insint ceo den fhírinne dhom.

   You aren’t telling me a word of the truth.

Declension

Declension of ceo

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ceo ceonna Vocative a cheo a cheonna Genitive ceo ceonna Dative ceo ceonna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ceo na ceonna Genitive an cheo na gceonna Dative leis an gceo don cheo leis na ceonna

Archaic or dialectal forms:

Declension of ceo

Irregular

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ceo ceocha Vocative a cheo a cheocha Genitive ciach ceo Dative ciaigh ceocha ceochaibh (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ceo na ceocha Genitive an chiach na gceo Dative leis an gciaigh don chiaigh leis na ceocha leis na ceochaibh (archaic, dialectal)

• Alternative genitive singular: ceoigh
• Alternative dative plural forms: ceochaibh, ceonnaibh

Derived terms

• toitcheo (“smog”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceo	cheo	gceo
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceo”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Template:R:ga:Dinneen
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ceó”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

---

Old English

Alternative forms

• ċīo
• ċēa — normalised

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kahwō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃe͜oː/

Noun

ċēo f

1. a chough, a bird of the genus Corvus; a jay; crow; jackdaw

Related terms

• ceahhe

Descendants

• Middle English: ka, co, cheo, choȝe, choughe, chowe, chow
  • Scots: ka, kae, kea, keaw
  • English: coe, chough

---

Old French

Pronoun

ceo

1. Alternative form of ço

---

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin caelum (“sky”). Cognate with Old Spanish cielo, Old Occitan cel and Old French ciel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛ.o/

Noun

ceo m (plural ceos)

1. sky
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 154 (facsimile):

     Como un tafur tirou con hũa baeſta hũa seeta cõtra o ceo con ſanna p̈ q̇ pdera. p̃ q̃ cuidaua q̇ firia a deos o.ſ.M̃.

     How a gambler shot, with a crossbow, a bolt at the sky, wrathful because he had lost. Because he wanted it to wound God or Holy Mary.

2. (religion) heaven
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de Toledo, cantiga 426 (facsimile):

     Subiu ao ceo. o fillo / de deꝯ. por dar paray.ſaos amigo^s ſeꝯ

     Ascended to heaven, the son of God. For giving paradise to his friends.

Descendants

• Fala: ceu
• Galician: ceo
• Portuguese: céu (see there for further descendants)

---

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• cȉo, cijȇl (Ijekavian)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *cělъ, from Proto-Indo-European *koylos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsêo/

Adjective

cȅo (Cyrillic spelling це̏о, definite cȇlī, comparative cȅljī)

1. whole
2. entire, complete

Declension

indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		ceo	cela	celo
genitive		cela	cele	cela
dative		celu	celoj	celu
accusative	inanimate animate	ceo cela	celu	celo
vocative		ceo	cela	celo
locative		celu	celoj	celu
instrumental		celim	celom	celim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		celi	cele	cela
genitive		celih	celih	celih
dative		celim(a)	celim(a)	celim(a)
accusative		cele	cele	cela
vocative		celi	cele	cela
locative		celim(a)	celim(a)	celim(a)
instrumental		celim(a)	celim(a)	celim(a)

definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		celi	cela	celo
genitive		celog(a)	cele	celog(a)
dative		celom(u/e)	celoj	celom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	celi celog(a)	celu	celo
vocative		celi	cela	celo
locative		celom(e/u)	celoj	celom(e/u)
instrumental		celim	celom	celim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		celi	cele	cela
genitive		celih	celih	celih
dative		celim(a)	celim(a)	celim(a)
accusative		cele	cele	cela
vocative		celi	cele	cela
locative		celim(a)	celim(a)	celim(a)
instrumental		celim(a)	celim(a)	celim(a)

---

Venetian

Adjective

ceo (feminine singular cea, masculine plural cei, feminine plural cee)

1. small
2. minute

Synonyms

• picenin