cigilt

Irish

Alternative forms

• cigilis, ciglis, gigilt

Etymology

From cigil +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcɪɟɪlʲtʲ/

Noun

cigilt f (genitive singular cigilte)

1. verbal noun of cigil (“to tickle”)

Declension

Declension of cigilt (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative cigilt vocative a chigilt genitive cigilte dative cigilt forms with the definite article case singular nominative an chigilt genitive na cigilte dative leis an gcigilt don chigilt

Mutation

Mutated forms of cigilt

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cigilt	chigilt	gcigilt

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gigilt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 361
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cigilt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN