céilí
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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish céilide (“visit”), from céle (“companion”).
Noun
céilí m or f (genitive singular céilí, nominative plural céilithe)
Declension
Declension of céilí
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative plural: céilíocha (Cois Fharraige)
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
céilí m pl
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| céilí | chéilí | gcéilí |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “céilí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “céilide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language