ceolchoirm
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom ceol (“music”) + coirm (“feast, festival”). Compare Scottish Gaelic cuirm-chiùil.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editceolchoirm f (genitive singular ceolchoirme, nominative plural ceolchoirmeacha)
Declension
editDeclension of ceolchoirm
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
edit- mórphianó ceolchoirme (“concert grand”)
- airde ceolchoirme (“concert pitch”)
- ceolchoirm phromanáid (“promenade concert”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
ceolchoirm | cheolchoirm | gceolchoirm |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceolchoirm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ceolchoirm”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “ceolchoirm”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024