céile

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See also: cèile and -cèile

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish céile, from Primitive Irish ᚉᚓᚂᚔ (celi, follower, devotee (genitive)), from Proto-Celtic *keiliyos.

Pronunciation

Noun

céile m (genitive singular céile, nominative plural céilí)

  1. companion
  2. spouse

Declension

Declension of céile (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative céile céilí
vocative a chéile a chéilí
genitive céile céilí
dative céile céilí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an céile na céilí
genitive an chéile na gcéilí
dative leis an gcéile
don chéile
leis na céilí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of céile
radical lenition eclipsis
céile chéile gcéile

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

Further reading

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Primitive Irish ᚉᚓᚂᚔ (celi, follower, devotee, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *keiliyos.

Pronunciation

Noun

céile m (genitive céili, nominative plural céili)

  1. servant, bondsman, subject
  2. (law) liege, vassal, the recipient of a fief
  3. fellow, companion, neighbour
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 10c21
      Ba torad sa⟨í⟩thir dúun in chrud so ce du·melmis cech túari et ce du·gnemmis a ndu·gníat ar céli, act ní bad nertad na mbráithre et frescsiu fochricce as móo.
      It would be a fruit of labor for us in this way if we consumed every food and if we did what our fellows do, but it would not be a strengthening of the brothers and a hope of a greater reward.
    • 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. 59a15
      huadsom dia cheliu
      from himself to his fellow
  4. husband
    • 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. 125a2
      amal tiagtae mná hua célib cofiru aili
  5. (rare) wife
  6. (pronominally) one, the other
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 6d4
      íroimed cách achéele per caritatem
      glosses suscipite uos nuicem

Declension

Masculine io-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative céile céileL céiliL
Vocative céili céileL céiliu
Accusative céileN céileL céiliuH
Genitive céiliL céileL céileN
Dative céiliuL céilib céilib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: céile
  • Manx: keilley
  • Scottish Gaelic: cèile

Mutation

Mutation of céile
radical lenition nasalization
céile chéile céile
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

References