cigilt

Irish

Alternative forms

• cigilis, ciglis, gigilt

Etymology

From cigil +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcɪɟɪlʲtʲ/

Noun

cigilt f (genitive singular cigilte)

1. verbal noun of cigil (“to tickle”)

Declension

Declension of cigilt

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative cigilt Vocative a chigilt Genitive cigilte Dative cigilt

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an chigilt Genitive na cigilte Dative leis an gcigilt don chigilt

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cigilt	chigilt	gcigilt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gigilt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 361
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cigilt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN