céilsine

Old Irish

Etymology

From céile +‎ -sine.

Noun

céilsine f

1. status of a céile, relationship of a céile to a flaith, clientship, service, vassalage
   • c. 750, The Poems of Blathmac son of Cú Brettan, section 106:

     do iudibh ara chelsini

     in return for being in clientship to Him

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	céilsineL	—	—
vocative	céilsineL	—	—
accusative	céilsiniN	—	—
genitive	céilsine	—	—
dative	céilsiniL	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms

• (service, vassalage): géilsine, géilsinecht

See also

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “céilsine”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language