ceol

See also: ceól and ceòl

Irish

FWOTD – 19 August 2016

Alternative forms

ceól (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish ceól, from Old Irish céul.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /coːl̪ˠ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /coːlˠ/, /coːl̪ˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /cɔːlˠ/, /cɔːl̪ˠ/
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Noun

ceol m (genitive singular ceoil, nominative plural ceolta)

music
song

Declension

Declension of ceol (first declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	ceol	ceolta
vocative	a cheoil	a cheolta
genitive	ceoil	ceolta
dative	ceol	ceolta

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an ceol	na ceolta
genitive	an cheoil	na gceolta
dative	leis an gceol don cheol	leis na ceolta

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of *ceol*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
ceol	cheol	gceol

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

References

^ “ceol”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ceól”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 44, page 23
^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch , Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 175
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 418, page 136

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *keulaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gawl- (“ball, swelling”). Displaced by Middle English kele, possibly from or related to Middle Dutch kiel (“keel”) cognate with Old Norse kjǫlr, from Proto-Germanic *keluz, a related root. Cognate with Old Saxon kiol (“boat”), Old High German kiol (“boat”), Old Norse kjóll (“ship”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃe͜oːl/

Noun

ċēol m

ship (specifically a small flat-bottomed boat)
- c. 700, Beowulf:
  Ceol on lande stod.
  The ship stood on the land.
keel of a ship

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ċēol	ċēolas
accusative	ċēol	ċēolas
genitive	ċēoles	ċēola
dative	ċēole	ċēolum

Derived terms

Descendants

⇒ English: Kelsey (from cēoles + īeġ)
⇒ English: Cholmondeley (from Ċēolmunde + lēah)
⇒ English: Chulmleigh (from Ċēolmunde + lēah)
⇒ English: Cholmondeston (from Ċēolmunde + -es + -tūn)
⇒ English: Chelmsford (from a contraction of Ċēolmǣre + ford)
⇒ English: Chilvers (from a contraction of Ċēolfriþ + -es or 's)
⇒ English: Chorlton (from a contraction of Ċēolfriþ + -tūn)
⇒ English: Cholsey (from a contraction of Ċēoles + īeġ)

[1] “ceol”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

[2] Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ceól”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

[3] Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 44, page 23

[4] Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch , Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 175

[5] Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 418, page 136

ceol

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

References

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