cèilidh
English
editNoun
editcèilidh (plural cèilidhs)
- Alternative form of ceilidh.
- 2013, Robert Dunbar, “Vernacular Gaelic Tradition”, in Sarah Dunnigan, Suzanne Gilbert, editors, The Edinburgh Companion to Scottish Traditional Literatures, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN:
- Although cèilidhs were undoubtedly crucial for oral tradition’s transmission, aspects – particularly song – were all-pervasive and ever-present.
- 2018, Philip Dixon, Dairy Cows & Duck Races: The Life & Times of a Young Farmer, Poundbury, Dorset: Veloce Publishing, published 2019, →ISBN:
- A caller is the person who calls out the instructions to the dancers at barn dances and cèilidhs, such as, ‘now turn and face the Moor Cock wall!’
- 2021, Sam Heughan, Graham McTavish, The Clanlands Almanac: Seasonal Stories from Scotland, London: Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN:
- I can’t remember my first cèilidh. (In fact, it is in the nature of cèilidhs NOT to remember them, simply because of the sheer amount of whisky consumed.)
Scottish Gaelic
editAlternative forms
edit- céilidh (superseded)
Etymology
editFrom Old Irish céilide (“visit, visiting”), from céle (“companion”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcèilidh f (genitive singular cèilidhe, plural cèilidhean)
- gossiping, visiting, visit
- Bha mi a' cèilidh air do mhàthair a-raoir. ― I was visiting with your mother last night.
- sojourning
- pilgrimage
- ceilidh
Descendants
editMutation
editScottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
cèilidh | chèilidh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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