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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish ceól, from Old Irish céul.
Pronunciation
Noun
ceol m (genitive singular ceoil, nominative plural ceolta)
- music
- song
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| ceol
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cheol
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gceol
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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
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, 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, page 23
Further reading
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
Noun
ċēol m
- ship (specifically a small flat-bottomed boat)
Declension
Declension of ceol (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants