cétal

See also: cetal

French

Noun

cétal m (plural cétals)

1. (organic chemistry) ketal

Related terms

• acétal

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kantlom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʲeː.təl/

Noun

cétal n (genitive cétail, nominative plural cétla)

1. verbal noun of canaid

Inflection

Neuter o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	cétalN	cétalN	cétalL, cétla
vocative	cétalN	cétalN	cétalL, cétla
accusative	cétalN	cétalN	cétalL, cétla
genitive	cétailL	cétal	cétalN
dative	cétulL	cétlaib	cétlaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Further reading

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