ceil

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Uncertain; perhaps related to Latin cēlō (“to hide”).

Alternative forms

Verb

ceil (third-person singular simple present ceils, present participle ceiling, simple past and past participle ceiled)

  1. (transitive) To line or finish (a surface, such as a wall), with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or similar.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Abbrevation of ceiling, influenced by French ciel

Noun

ceil (plural ceils)

  1. (poetic) A ceiling.
    • 1890, Ambrose E. Pratt, Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration of Sandwich and Bourne, at Sandwich, Massachusetts, September 3, 1889, page 89:
      […] The mossy sward / Beneath their feet, their carpet was, / An azure ceil, the sky above; […]
  2. (mathematics) Abbreviation of ceiling.
Derived terms
Translations
ceiling — see ceiling

Verb

ceil (third-person singular simple present ceils, present participle ceiling, simple past and past participle ceiled)

  1. (mathematics) To set a higher bound.

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ceilid, from Proto-Celtic *keleti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-; compare Welsh celu, Latin cēlō, Old English helan.

Pronunciation

Verb

ceil (present analytic ceileann, future analytic ceilfidh, verbal noun ceilt, past participle ceilte)

  1. to hide, conceal
    Synonym: folaigh

Conjugation

conjugation of ceil (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present ceilim ceileann tú;
ceilir† 		ceileann sé, sí ceilimid ceileann sibh ceileann siad;
ceilid† 		a cheileann; a cheileas /
a gceileann*; a gceileas* 		ceiltear
past cheil mé; cheileas cheil tú; cheilis cheil sé, sí cheileamar; cheil muid cheil sibh; cheileabhair cheil siad; cheileadar a cheil /
ar cheil* 		ceileadh
past habitual cheilinn / gceilinn‡‡ cheilteá / gceilteᇇ cheileadh sé, sí / gceileadh sé, s퇇 cheilimis; cheileadh muid / gceilimis‡‡; gceileadh muid‡‡ cheileadh sibh / gceileadh sibh‡‡ cheilidís; cheileadh siad / gceilidís‡‡; gceileadh siad‡‡ a cheileadh /
a gceileadh* 		cheiltí / gceilt퇇
future ceilfidh mé;
ceilfead 		ceilfidh tú;
ceilfir† 		ceilfidh sé, sí ceilfimid;
ceilfidh muid 		ceilfidh sibh ceilfidh siad;
ceilfid† 		a cheilfidh; a cheilfeas /
a gceilfidh*; a gceilfeas* 		ceilfear
conditional cheilfinn / gceilfinn‡‡ cheilfeá / gceilfeᇇ cheilfeadh sé, sí / gceilfeadh sé, s퇇 cheilfimis; cheilfeadh muid / gceilfimis‡‡; gceilfeadh muid‡‡ cheilfeadh sibh / gceilfeadh sibh‡‡ cheilfidís; cheilfeadh siad / gceilfidís‡‡; gceilfeadh siad‡‡ a cheilfeadh /
a gceilfeadh* 		cheilfí / gceilf퇇
subjunctive present go gceile mé;
go gceilead† 		go gceile tú;
go gceilir† 		go gceile sé, sí go gceilimid;
go gceile muid 		go gceile sibh go gceile siad;
go gceilid† 		— go gceiltear
past dá gceilinn dá gceilteá dá gceileadh sé, sí dá gceilimis;
dá gceileadh muid 		dá gceileadh sibh dá gceilidís;
dá gceileadh siad 		— dá gceiltí
imperative ceilim ceil ceileadh sé, sí ceilimis ceiligí;
ceilidh† 		ceilidís — ceiltear
verbal noun ceilt
past participle ceilte

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
ceil cheil gceil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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