cealgaire

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish celgaire (“deceiver, trickster”). By surface analysis, cealg +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcalˠəɡəɾʲə/

Noun

cealgaire m (genitive singular cealgaire, nominative plural cealgairí)

  1. guileful person; beguiler, deceiver

Declension

Declension of cealgaire (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cealgaire cealgairí
vocative a chealgaire a chealgairí
genitive cealgaire cealgairí
dative cealgaire cealgairí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an cealgaire na cealgairí
genitive an chealgaire na gcealgairí
dative leis an gcealgaire
don chealgaire 		leis na cealgairí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cealgaire chealgaire gcealgaire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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