ᚉᚓᚂᚔ

Primitive Irish

FWOTD – 13 June 2016

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kēlyos (compare Welsh cilydd).

Noun

ᚉᚓᚂᚔ (celi) m (genitive)

1. follower, devotee
   • KLWER/1/1 in the Celtic Inscribed Stones Project

     ᚛ᚒᚇᚇᚋᚓᚅᚄᚐ ᚉᚓᚂᚔ ᚅᚓᚈᚈᚐᚄᚂᚑᚌᚔ᚜

     uddmensa celi nettaslogi

     (of) Uddmensa, client of Nettaslogos

   • DRUML/4/1, ibid.

     ᚛ᚉᚒᚅᚐᚂᚓᚌᚓᚐ ᚋᚐᚊᚔ ᚉ[···]ᚄᚐᚂᚐᚏ ᚉᚓᚂᚔ ᚐᚃᚔ ᚊᚃᚓᚉᚔ᚜

     cunalegea maqi c[...]salar celi avi qveci

     (of) Cunalegea son of C[...]salar, client of the descendant of Quecos

Descendants

• Old Irish: céile
  • Irish: céile
  • Manx: keilley
  • Scottish Gaelic: cèile