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English
Noun
cill (plural cills)
- Alternative form of sill
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish cell, from Latin cella.
Pronunciation
Noun
cill f (genitive singular cille, nominative plural cealla)
- (obsolete) church
- churchyard
- (Christianity, biology, electricity) cell
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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cill
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chill
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gcill
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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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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cill”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cill”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 83
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish cell, from Latin cella.
Pronunciation
Noun
cill f (genitive singular cille, plural cilltean)
- cell
- chapel
- churchyard
- burial ground
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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cill |
chill
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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
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “cill”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language