céalacan
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editApparently 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
editNoun
editcéalacan m (genitive singular céalacain)
- 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
editDeclension of céalacan
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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See also
editMutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
céalacan | chéalacan | gcéalacan |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 62
Further reading
edit- “céalacan”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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