ceil

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /siːl/
  • Rhymes: -iːl
  • Homophones: SEAL, seal

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain; perhaps related to Latin cēlō (“to hide”).

Verb

ceil (third-person singular simple present ceils, present participle ceiling, simple past and past participle ceiled)

  1. (transitive) To line or finish (a surface, such as a wall), with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or similar.
  2. (mathematics) To set a higher bound.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French ciel (“heavens”), from Latin caelum.

Noun

ceil (plural ceils)

  1. (poetic) a ceiling
Translations
ceiling — see ceiling

Etymology 3

Noun

ceil

  1. (mathematics) Abbreviation of ceiling.

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ceilid, from Proto-Celtic *keleti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-; compare Welsh celu, Latin cēlō, Old English helan.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /cɛlʲ/

Verb

ceil (present analytic ceileann, future analytic ceilfidh, verbal noun ceilt, past participle ceilte)

  1. to hide, conceal

Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present ceilim ceileann tú;
ceilir†		 ceileann sé, sí ceilimid ceileann sibh ceileann siad;
ceilid†		 a cheileann; a cheileas /
a gceileann*; a gceileas*		 ceiltear
past cheil mé; cheileas cheil tú; cheilis cheil sé, sí cheileamar; cheil muid cheil sibh; cheileabhair cheil siad; cheileadar a cheil /
ar cheil*		 ceileadh
past habitual cheilinn cheilteá cheileadh sé, sí cheilimis; cheileadh muid cheileadh sibh cheilidís; cheileadh siad a cheileadh /
ar cheileadh*		 cheiltí
future ceilfidh mé;
ceilfead		 ceilfidh tú;
ceilfir†		 ceilfidh sé, sí ceilfimid;
ceilfidh muid		 ceilfidh sibh ceilfidh siad;
ceilfid†		 a cheilfidh; a cheilfeas /
a gceilfidh*; a gceilfeas*		 ceilfear
conditional cheilfinn / gceilfinn‡‡ cheilfeá / gceilfeᇇ cheilfeadh sé, sí / gceilfeadh sé, s퇇 cheilfimis; cheilfeadh muid / gceilfimis‡‡; gceilfeadh muid‡‡ cheilfeadh sibh / gceilfeadh sibh‡‡ cheilfidís; cheilfeadh siad / gceilfidís‡‡; gceilfeadh siad‡‡ a cheilfeadh /
ar cheilfeadh*		 cheilfí / gceilf퇇
subjunctive present go gceile mé;
go gceilead†		 go gceile tú;
go gceilir†		 go gceile sé, sí go gceilimid;
go gceile muid		 go gceile sibh go gceile siad;
go gceilid†		 — go gceiltear
past dá gceilinn dá gceilteá dá gceileadh sé, sí dá gceilimis;
dá gceileadh muid		 dá gceileadh sibh dá gceilidís;
dá gceileadh siad		 — dá gceiltí
imperative ceilim ceil ceileadh sé, sí ceilimis ceiligí;
ceilidh†		 ceilidís — ceiltear
verbal noun ceilt
past participle ceilte

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

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