ceal

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cel (“dissolution, death”), from the root of ceilid (“to hide”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /calˠ/[2]

Noun

ceal m (genitive singular ceal)

  1. want, absence, lack (of)
  2. (obsolete) extinction, death

Synonyms

  • (want, absence): uireasa
  • (extinction): díothú
  • (death): bás

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceal
radical lenition eclipsis
ceal cheal gceal

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cel”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 169

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “ceal”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 173; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ceal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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