cill

English

Noun

cill (plural cills)

1. Alternative form of sill

Irish

Alternative forms

• ceall

Etymology

From Old Irish cell, from Latin cella.

Pronunciation

• (Kerry) IPA^(key): /ciːlʲ/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ciːl̠ʲ/
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /cɪl̠ʲ/

Noun

cill f (genitive singular cille, nominative plural cealla)

1. (obsolete) church
2. churchyard
3. (Christianity, biology, electricity) cell

Declension

Declension of cill (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cill cealla vocative a chill a chealla genitive cille ceall dative cill cealla forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an chill na cealla genitive na cille na gceall dative leis an gcill don chill leis na cealla

Derived terms

• aerchill f (“air cell”)
• aoncheallach (“unicellular, single celled”)
• Cill Airne (“Killarney”)
• Cill Ala (“Killala”)
• Cill Chainnigh (“Kilkenny”)
• cill chriathrach (“sieve cell”)
• Cill Dalua (“Killaloe”)
• Cill Dara (“Kildare”)
• Cill Droichid (“Celbridge”)
• Cill Fionnúrach (“Kilfenora”)
• Cill Mhantáin (“Wicklow”)
• Cill Mhic Duach (“Kilmacduagh”)
• Cill Mhór (“Kilmore”)
• cill shómach (“somatic cell”)
• cill thirim (“dry cell”)
• cilldeighilt f (“cell division”)
• cillín m (“cell; hoard, nest-egg”)
• cillscannán m (“cell membrane”)
• cillsú m (“cell sap”)
• cloch-chill (“stone cell”)
• cónchill (“cone”)
• eachtarcheallach (“extracellular”)
• fótaichill (“photocell”)
• taisc-chill (“storage cell”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cill

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cill	chill	gcill

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) “cill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cill”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cill”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 83

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cell, from Latin cella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cʰiːʎ/

Noun

cill f (genitive singular cille, plural cilltean)

1. cell
2. chapel
3. churchyard
4. burial ground

Mutation

Mutation of cill

radical	lenition
cill	chill

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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “cill”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language