céalacan

Irish

Alternative forms

• ceudlongadh, céadlongadh, ciallacan

Etymology

Apparently an alteration of earlier céadlongadh (from Middle Irish cétlongad (“fasting”), from Old Irish cét- (“first”) + longud, verbal noun of loingid (“to eat, swallow”)), though the details are obscure.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈciəl̪ˠən̪ˠi/, [ˈciəl̪ˠən̪ˠĩ] (as if spelled ciallannaí)

Noun

céalacan m (genitive singular céalacain)

1. fasting (abstaining from food), especially the period of the morning before one eats breakfast

   Synonym: troscadh

   ar céalacan ― while fasting; on an empty stomach

Declension

Declension of céalacan

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative céalacan Vocative a chéalacain Genitive céalacain Dative céalacan

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an céalacan Genitive an chéalacain Dative leis an gcéalacan don chéalacan

See also

• aoine

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
céalacan	chéalacan	gcéalacan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “céalacan”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cétlongad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “céadlongaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 123
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “céalacan”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 124
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “céalacan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN