céalacan

Irish

Alternative forms

• ceudlongadh, céadlongadh, ciallacan

Etymology

Apparently an alteration of earlier céadlongadh (from Middle Irish cétlongad (“fasting”), from Old Irish cét- (“first”) + longud, verbal noun of loingid (“to eat, swallow”)), though the details are obscure.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈciəl̪ˠən̪ˠi/, [ˈciəl̪ˠən̪ˠĩ] (as if spelled ciallannaí)

Noun

céalacan m (genitive singular céalacain)

1. fasting (abstaining from food), especially the period of the morning before one eats breakfast

   Synonym: troscadh

   ar céalacan ― while fasting; on an empty stomach

Declension

Declension of céalacan (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative céalacan vocative a chéalacain genitive céalacain dative céalacan forms with the definite article case singular nominative an céalacan genitive an chéalacain dative leis an gcéalacan don chéalacan

See also

• aoine

Mutation

Mutated forms of céalacan

radical	lenition	eclipsis
céalacan	chéalacan	gcéalacan

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “céalacan”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cétlongad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “céadlongaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 123
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “céalacan”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 124
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “céalacan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN