céile Dé

Old Irish

FWOTD – 23 March 2016

Etymology

Calque of Latin servus Deī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʲeːlʲe ˈdʲeː/

Noun

céile Dé m (genitive céili Dé, nominative plural céili Dé)

1. Culdee; member of a class of anchorites distinguished by special observances and practices, apparently stricter than was usual. Literally, "servant of God".

Inflection

Masculine io-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	céile Dé	céile Dé	céili Dé
Vocative	céili Dé	céile Dé	céiliu Dé
Accusative	céile nDé	céile Dé	céiliu Dé
Genitive	céili Dé	céile Dé	céile nDé
Dative	céiliu Dé	céilib Dé	céilib Dé
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• English: Culdee
• Irish: céile Dé

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
céile Dé	chéile Dé	céile Dé pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “céile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language