cealgaire

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish celgaire (“deceiver, trickster”). By surface analysis, cealg +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcalˠəɡəɾʲə/

Noun

cealgaire m (genitive singular cealgaire, nominative plural cealgairí)

1. guileful person; beguiler, deceiver

Declension

Declension of cealgaire (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative cealgaire cealgairí vocative a chealgaire a chealgairí genitive cealgaire cealgairí dative cealgaire cealgairí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an cealgaire na cealgairí genitive an chealgaire na gcealgairí dative leis an gcealgaire don chealgaire leis na cealgairí

Mutation

Mutated forms of cealgaire

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cealgaire	chealgaire	gcealgaire

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