ceolchoirm

Irish

Etymology

From ceol (“music”) +‎ coirm (“feast, festival”). Compare Scottish Gaelic cuirm-chiùil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcoːlˠˌxɞɾʲəmʲ/

Noun

ceolchoirm f (genitive singular ceolchoirme, nominative plural ceolchoirmeacha)

1. concert

Declension

Declension of ceolchoirm (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ceolchoirm ceolchoirmeacha vocative a cheolchoirm a cheolchoirmeacha genitive ceolchoirme ceolchoirmeacha dative ceolchoirm ceolchoirmeacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cheolchoirm na ceolchoirmeacha genitive na ceolchoirme na gceolchoirmeacha dative leis an gceolchoirm don cheolchoirm leis na ceolchoirmeacha

Derived terms

• mórphianó ceolchoirme (“concert grand”)
• airde ceolchoirme (“concert pitch”)
• ceolchoirm phromanáid (“promenade concert”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceolchoirm

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ceolchoirm	cheolchoirm	gceolchoirm

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceolchoirm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ceolchoirm”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ceolchoirm”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024