céile

See also: cèile and -cèile

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈceːlʲə/

Noun

céile m (genitive singular céile, nominative plural céilí)

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

Terms derived from céile

a chéile (“each other, one another”)
aonchéileach (“monogamous”, adjective)
as a chéile (“one after another, in a row, consecutively”)

athair céile m (“father-in-law”)
bean chéile f (“wife”)
fear céile m (“husband”)

le chéile (“together”)
máthair chéile f (“mother-in-law”)
trína chéile (“mixed up”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
céile	chéile	gcéile
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"céile" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“céile” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Irish

FWOTD – 30 September 2013

Alternative forms

céle

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkʲeːlʲe/

Noun

céile m (genitive céili, nominative plural céili)

servant, bondsman, subject
(law) liege, vassal, the recipient of a fief
fellow, companion, neighbour
- c. 875, 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. 59^a15
  huadsom dia cheliu
  from himself to his fellow
husband
- c. 875, 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. 125^a2
  amal tiagtae mná hua célib cofiru aili
(rare) wife
(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. 6^d4
  íroimed cách achéele per caritatem
  glosses suscipite uos nuicem

Declension

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

Derived terms

Terms derived from céile

céile Dé (“servant of God, Culdee”)
céilide (“visit”)

céilsine (“clientship”)
coicéile (“companion, fellow, comrade”)

coicéilsine (“fellowship, clientship”)

Descendants

Irish: céile
Manx: keilley
Scottish Gaelic: cèile

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
céile	chéile	céile pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“céile” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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