cealgaire

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish celgaire (“deceiver, trickster”), from celg (“deceit, treachery, guile, stratagem; ambush, trap”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈcalˠəɡəɾʲə/

Noun

cealgaire m (genitive singular cealgaire, nominative plural cealgairí)

  1. guileful person; beguiler, deceiver

Declension
Declension of cealgaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cealgaire cealgairí
Vocative a chealgaire a chealgairí
Genitive cealgaire cealgairí
Dative cealgaire cealgairí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cealgaire na cealgairí
Genitive an chealgaire na gcealgairí
Dative leis an gcealgaire

don chealgaire

 leis na cealgairí

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cealgaire chealgaire gcealgaire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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