ceol

See also: ceól and ceòl

Irish

FWOTD – 19 August 2016

Alternative forms

• ceól (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish ceól, from Old Irish céul.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /coːl̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /coːlˠ/, /coːl̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /cɔːlˠ/, /cɔːl̪ˠ/

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Noun

ceol m (genitive singular ceoil, nominative plural ceolta)

1. music
2. song

Declension

Declension of ceol

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ceol ceolta Vocative a cheoil a cheolta Genitive ceoil ceolta Dative ceol ceolta

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an ceol na ceolta Genitive an cheoil na gceolta Dative leis an gceol don cheol leis na ceolta

Derived terms

• adhbh cheoil
• aoncheol
• bileog cheoil
• binsín ceoil
• bonnán ceoil
• ceol teidil
• ceoláras
• ceoldráma
• ceoleolaíocht
• ceolmhar
• ceolreacaireacht
• ceolscoil
• ceoltóir
• cuach cheoil
• cuaichín cheoil
• gabháil cheoil
• gléas ceoil
• rac-cheol
• smólach ceoil
• snagcheol
• spallaíocht cheoil
• uirlis cheoil

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceol	cheol	gceol
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ceol”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 134
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceol”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *keulaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gawl- (“ball, swelling”). Displaced by Middle English kele, possibly from or related to Middle Dutch kiel (“keel”) cognate with Old Norse kjǫlr, from Proto-Germanic *keluz, a related root. Cognate with Old Saxon kiol (“boat”), Old High German kiol (“boat”), Old Norse kjóll (“ship”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃe͜oːl/

Noun

ċēol m

1. ship (specifically a small flat-bottomed boat)
   • c. 700, Beowulf:

     Ceol on lande stod.

     The ship stood on the land.

Declension

Declension of ceol (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ċēol	ċēolas
accusative	ċēol	ċēolas
genitive	ċēoles	ċēola
dative	ċēole	ċēolum

Derived terms

• Ċēolfriþ
• Ċēolmund

Descendants

• ⇒ English: Kelsey (from cēol + siġe)
• ⇒ English: Cholmondeley (from Ċēolmunde + lēah)
• ⇒ English: Chulmleigh (from Ċēolmunde + lēah)
• ⇒ English: Cholmondeston (from Ċēolmunde + -es + -tūn)
• ⇒ English: Chelmsford (from a contraction of Ċēolmǣre + ford)
• ⇒ English: Chilvers (from a contraction of Ċēolfriþ + -es or 's)
• ⇒ English: Chorlton (from a contraction of Ċēolfriþ + -tūn)
• ⇒ English: Cholsey (from a contraction of Ċēoles + īeġ)