ceadal

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish cétal, with irregular change of /e:/ to /e/, later regularly /æ/ in dialects outside of East Ulster (including counties Meath and Louth, historically) and probably East Leinster.

Noun

ceadal m (genitive singular ceadail, nominative plural ceadail)

  1. (music) recital

Declension

Declension of ceadal (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative ceadal ceadail
vocative a cheadail a cheadala
genitive ceadail ceadal
dative ceadal ceadail
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an ceadal na ceadail
genitive an cheadail na gceadal
dative leis an gceadal
don cheadal
leis na ceadail

Derived terms

  • focheadal (act of singing, chanting (in accompaniment))

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceadal
radical lenition eclipsis
ceadal cheadal gceadal

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

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