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

• IPA^(key): /coːlˠ/
• 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: Case Singular Plural Nominative ceol ceolta Vocative a cheoil a cheolta Genitive ceoil ceolta Dative ceol ceolta

Forms with the definite article: Case 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, uirlis cheoil (“musical instrument”)
• aoncheol (“unison”)
• bileog cheoil (“sheet music”)
• binsín ceoil, bonnán ceoil, cuach cheoil, cuaichín cheoil (“snatch of song”)
• ceoláras (“concert hall”)
• ceoldráma (“musical theatre, opera”)
• ceoleolaíocht (“musicology”)
• ceolmhar (“musical, tuneful; animated, vigorous”, adjective)
• ceolreacaireacht (“recitative”)
• ceolscoil (“music school”)
• ceoltóir (“musician”)
• rac-cheol (“rock music”)
• smólach ceoil (“song thrush”)
• snagcheol (“jazz”)
• spallaíocht cheoil (“snatches of song”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceol	cheol	gceol
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), “ceól”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Template:R:ga:Dinneen
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceol”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *keulaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gawl- (“ball, swelling”). Cognate with Old Saxon kiol, Middle Dutch kiel, Old High German kiol, Old Norse kjóll.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃe͜oːl/

Noun

ċēol m

1. ship (specifically a small flat-bottomed boat)

   Ceol on lande stod. ― The ship stood on the land. (Beowulf)

Declension

Declension of ċēol (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ċēol	ċēolas
accusative	ċēol	ċēolas
genitive	ċēoles	ċēola
dative	ċēole	ċēolum

Descendants

• English: Cholmondeley, Cholmondeley (from ċēol + mund + lēah)
• English: Chelmsford, Chelmsford (from a contraction of ċēol + helmes + ford)
• English: Cholsey, Cholsey (from a contraction of ċēol + -es + īeġ