ceangaltán

Irish

Alternative forms

• ceanglachán

Etymology

From ceangail (“to tie”) +‎ -(t)án

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈcaŋəl̪ˠt̪ˠanˠ/, /ˈcaŋəl̪ˠt̪ˠan̪ˠ/

Noun

ceangaltán m (genitive singular ceangaltáin, nominative plural ceangaltáin)

1. bundle (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying)
2. packet, parcel
3. attachment (file sent along with a message)

Declension

Declension of ceangaltán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ceangaltán ceangaltáin vocative a cheangaltáin a cheangaltána genitive ceangaltáin ceangaltán dative ceangaltán ceangaltáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ceangaltán na ceangaltáin genitive an cheangaltáin na gceangaltán dative leis an gceangaltán don cheangaltán leis na ceangaltáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceangaltán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ceangaltán	cheangaltán	gceangaltán

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

Further reading

• “ceangaltán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cengaltán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ceangaltán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 125
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceangaltán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 79