ceol

See also: ceól and ceòl

Irish
FWOTD – 19 August 2016

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish ceól, from Old Irish céul.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /coːl̪ˠ/[2]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /coːlˠ/, /coːl̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /cɔːlˠ/, /cɔːl̪ˠ/
  • Audio(file)

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

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
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ceól”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 23

Further reading

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/

Noun

ċēol m

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

Declension
Declension of ceol (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative ċēol ċēolas
accusative ċēol ċēolas
genitive ċēoles ċēola
dative ċēole ċēolum

Derived terms

Descendants
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