conceil

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Old Irish

Etymology

From com- +‎ ceilid. Calque of Latin concēlō (to conceal), whence also English conceal.

Pronunciation

Verb

con·ceil

  1. to hide, to conceal

Inflection

Perfective forms use the augment ad-.

Quotations

  • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 49c9
    Con·aicelt ⁊ do·rolaig in peccad ⁊ ní n‑árraim ar chairi dó.
    He has concealed and forgiven the sin and he has not considered it a reproach to him.

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
con·ceil con·cheil con·ceil
pronounced with /-ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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