ceòl

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See also: ceol and ceól

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish ceól, from Old Irish céul.

Pronunciation

Noun

ceòl m (genitive singular ciùil or ceòil)

  1. music
    Bidh ceòl agus dannsadh aig a' chèilidh a-màireach. - There will be music and dancing at the ceilidh tomorrow.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of ceòl
radical lenition
ceòl cheòl

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

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap