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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish cengal (“bond, fetter”), from Latin cingulum (“girdle, belt”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ceangal m (genitive singular ceangail, nominative plural ceangail)
- verbal noun of ceangail
- connection, link, bond
- (music) slur
Declension
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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ceangal
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cheangal
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gceangal
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceangal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ceangal”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “ceangal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish cengal (“bond, tie, binding, fetter, fastening”), from Latin cingulum (“girdle, belt”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ceangal m
- verbal noun of ceangail
- connection, link, bond
- (music) slur
Derived terms
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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ceangal |
cheangal
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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- ^ 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
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis), Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap