cèilidh

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See also: ceilidh and céilidh

English

Noun

cèilidh (plural cèilidhs)

  1. Alternative form of ceilidh.
    • 2013, Robert Dunbar, “Vernacular Gaelic Tradition”, in Sarah Dunnigan, Suzanne Gilbert, editors, The Edinburgh Companion to Scottish Traditional Literatures, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN:
      Although cèilidhs were undoubtedly crucial for oral tradition’s transmission, aspects – particularly song – were all-pervasive and ever-present.
    • 2018, Philip Dixon, Dairy Cows & Duck Races: The Life & Times of a Young Farmer, Poundbury, Dorset: Veloce Publishing, published 2019, →ISBN:
      A caller is the person who calls out the instructions to the dancers at barn dances and cèilidhs, such as, ‘now turn and face the Moor Cock wall!’
    • 2021, Sam Heughan, Graham McTavish, The Clanlands Almanac: Seasonal Stories from Scotland, London: Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN:
      I can’t remember my first cèilidh. (In fact, it is in the nature of cèilidhs NOT to remember them, simply because of the sheer amount of whisky consumed.)

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish céilide (“visit, visiting”), from céle (“companion”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cèilidh f (genitive singular cèilidhe, plural cèilidhean)

  1. gossiping, visiting, visit
    Bha mi a' cèilidh air do mhàthair a-raoir. ― I was visiting with your mother last night.
  2. sojourning
  3. pilgrimage
  4. ceilidh

Descendants

  • → English: ceilidh
  • → Scots: ceilidh, kailie

Mutation

Mutation of cèilidh
radical lenition
cèilidh chèilidh

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

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