ceolchoirm

Irish

Etymology

From ceol (“music”) +‎ coirm (“feast, festival”). Compare Scottish Gaelic cuirm-chiùil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [coːlˠkɞɾʲəmʲ]

Noun

ceolchoirm f (genitive singular ceolchoirme, nominative plural ceolchoirmeacha)

1. concert

Declension

Declension of ceolchoirm

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ceolchoirm ceolchoirmeacha Vocative a cheolchoirm a cheolchoirmeacha Genitive ceolchoirme ceolchoirmeacha Dative ceolchoirm ceolchoirmeacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cheolchoirm na ceolchoirmeacha Genitive na ceolchoirme na gceolchoirmeacha Dative leis an gceolchoirm don cheolchoirm leis na ceolchoirmeacha

Derived terms

• airde ceolchoirme (“concert-pitch”)
• ceolchoirm phromanáid (“promenade-concert”)
• ceolchoirm shiansach (“symphony concert”)
• halla ceolchoirme (“concert-hall”)
• mórphianó ceolchoirme (“concert-grand”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceolchoirm	cheolchoirm	gceolchoirm
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ceolchoirm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “ceolchoirm” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “ceolchoirm” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.