cheal

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /çalˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /çæ꞉l̪ˠ/

Etymology

Clipping of de cheal, from de (“from”) +‎ cheal (“lack”).

Preposition

cheal (plus genitive, triggers no mutation)

1. for lack of

Particle

cheal (followed by a negative interrogative particle nach or nár)

1. expresses surprise in questions or rhetorical questions

   Cheal nach bhfuil a fhois agat é?

   Don't you know that!?

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cheal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “cheal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1953) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 1st edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 418 (p. 234) and p. 316