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ciall

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See also: cíall

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish cíall,[1] from Proto-Celtic *kʷeislā (compare Welsh pwyll).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ciall f (genitive singular céille, nominative plural cialla)

  1. sense (conscious awareness, sound judgment, natural ability)
  2. sanity
  3. common sense, reason (rational thinking)
  4. meaning, sense

Declension

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Declension of ciall (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative ciall cialla
vocative a chiall a chialla
genitive céille ciall
dative ciall
céill (in certain phrases)
cialla
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an chiall na cialla
genitive na céille na gciall
dative leis an gciall
don chiall
leis na cialla

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of ciall
radical lenition eclipsis
ciall chiall gciall

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. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cíall”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 15, page 24
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 172
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 418, page 136

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish cíall, from Proto-Celtic *kʷeislā (compare Welsh pwyll).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ciall f (dative singular ciall or cèill, genitive singular cèille)

  1. significance, implication,
  2. understanding, meaning, drift, connotation
  3. mind, sanity
  4. sense, reason

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of ciall
radical lenition
ciall chiall

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

References

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