Old Irish

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Etymology

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From com- +‎ ceilid.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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con·ceil

  1. to hide, to conceal

Inflection

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Perfective forms use the augment ad-.

Quotations

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  • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 49c9
    Con·aicelt ⁊ do·rolaig in peccad ⁊ ní n‑árraim ar chairi dó.
    He has concealed and forgiven the sin and he has not considered it a reproach to him.

Mutation

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

Further reading

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