ceol

See also: ceól and ceòl

Irish

FWOTD – 19 August 2016

Alternative forms

• ceól (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish ceól, from Old Irish céul.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /coːl̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /coːlˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /cɔːlˠ/

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Noun

ceol m (genitive singular ceoil, nominative plural ceolta)

1. music
2. song

Declension

Declension of ceol (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative ceol ceolta vocative a cheoil a cheolta genitive ceoil ceolta dative ceol ceolta forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an ceol na ceolta genitive an cheoil na gceolta dative leis an gceol don cheol leis na ceolta

Derived terms

• adhbh cheoil
• aoncheol
• bileog cheoil
• binsín ceoil
• bonnán ceoil
• ceol teidil
• ceoláras
• ceoldráma
• ceoleolaíocht
• ceolmhar
• ceolreacaireacht
• ceolscoil
• ceoltóir
• cuach cheoil
• cuaichín cheoil
• gabháil cheoil
• gléas ceoil
• rac-cheol
• smólach ceoil
• snagcheol
• spallaíocht cheoil
• uirlis cheoil

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceol

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ceol	cheol	gceol

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “ceol”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 134
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ceol”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *keulaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gawl- (“ball, swelling”). Displaced by Middle English kele, possibly from or related to Middle Dutch kiel (“keel”) cognate with Old Norse kjǫlr, from Proto-Germanic *keluz, a related root. Cognate with Old Saxon kiol (“boat”), Old High German kiol (“boat”), Old Norse kjóll (“ship”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃe͜oːl/
• Rhymes: -e͜oːl

Noun

ċēol m

1. ship (specifically a small flat-bottomed boat)
   • c. 700, Beowulf:

     Ċēol on lande stōd.

     The ship stood on the land.

2. keel of a ship

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ċēol	ċēolas
accusative	ċēol	ċēolas
genitive	ċēoles	ċēola
dative	ċēole	ċēolum

Derived terms

• Ċēolbeald
• Ċēolberht
• Ċēolfriþ
• Ċēolhere
• Ċēolmær
• Ċēolmund
• Ċēolnoþ
• Ċēolræd
• Ċēolrīċ
• Ċēolsiġe
• Ċēolwald
• Ċēolweard
• Ċēolwīġ
• Ċēolwulf

Descendants

• ⇒ English: Kelsey (from cēoles + īeġ)
• ⇒ English: Cholmondeley (from Ċēolmunde + lēah)
• ⇒ English: Chulmleigh (from Ċēolmunde + lēah)
• ⇒ English: Cholmondeston (from Ċēolmunde + -es + -tūn)
• ⇒ English: Chelmsford (from a contraction of Ċēolmǣre + ford)
• ⇒ English: Chilvers (from a contraction of Ċēolfriþ + -es or 's)
• ⇒ English: Chorlton (from a contraction of Ċēolfriþ + -tūn)
• ⇒ English: Cholsey (from a contraction of Ċēoles + īeġ)