Irish edit

Verb edit

ceilid

  1. (archaic, Munster) third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of ceil

Usage notes edit

The standard modern language uses the analytic constructions ceileann siad in the indicative and (go g)ceile siad in the subjunctive.

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
ceilid cheilid gceilid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Celtic *keleti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéleti.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

ceilid (conjunct ·ceil, verbal noun cleth)

  1. to hide, to conceal

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Irish: ceil
  • Scottish Gaelic: ceil
  • Manx: keil
  • Scottish Gaelic: culaidh

Mutation edit

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

References edit