ceilt

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish ceilt. By surface analysis, ceil +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ceilt f (genitive singular ceilte)

  1. verbal noun of ceil

Declension

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Declension of ceilt (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative ceilt
vocative a cheilt
genitive ceilte
dative ceilt
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an cheilt
genitive na ceilte
dative leis an gceilt
don cheilt

Mutation

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Mutated forms of ceilt
radical lenition eclipsis
ceilt cheilt gceilt

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

References

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 31, page 18
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 225, page 83