ceol

See also: ceól and ceòl

Irish

FWOTD – 19 August 2016

Alternative forms

ceól (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish ceól, from Old Irish céul.

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /coːlˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /cɔːlˠ/
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Noun

ceol m (genitive singular ceoil, nominative plural ceolta)

music
song

Declension

Declension of ceol

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ceol	ceolta
Vocative	a cheoil	a cheolta
Genitive	ceoil	ceolta
Dative	ceol	ceolta

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an ceol	na ceolta
Genitive	an cheoil	na gceolta
Dative	leis an gceol don cheol	leis na ceolta

Derived terms

adhbh cheoil, uirlis cheoil (“musical instrument”)
aoncheol (“unison”)
bileog cheoil (“sheet music”)
ceoláras (“concert hall”)
ceoldráma (“musical theatre, opera”)
ceoleolaíocht (“musicology”)
ceolmhar (“musical, tuneful; animated, vigorous”, adjective)
ceolreacaireacht (“recitative”)
ceolscoil (“music school”)
ceoltóir (“musician”)
rac-cheol (“rock music”)
smólach ceoil (“song thrush”)
snagcheol (“jazz”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceol	cheol	gceol
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“ceól” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“ceol” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
"ceol" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *keulaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gawl- (“ball, swelling”). Cognate with Old Saxon kiol, Middle Dutch kiel, Old High German kiol, Old Norse kjóll.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeːo̯l/, [t͡ʃeːo̯ɫ]

Noun

ċēol m

ship (specifically a small flat-bottomed boat)
Ceol on lande stod. ― The ship stood on the land.
(Beowulf)

Declension

Declension of ceol (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ċēol	ċēolas
accusative	ċēol	ċēolas
genitive	ċēoles	ċēola
dative	ċēole	ċēolum

Descendants

English: Cholmondeley (from ceol + mund + leah)
English: Chelmsford (from a contraction of ceol + helmes + ford)
English: Cholsey (from a contraction of Ceol + -es + īeġ

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