ceilidh

See also: céilidh and cèilidh

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic cèilidh and Irish céilí, from Old Irish céile (“companion”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkeɪli/[1]
  • Rhymes: -eɪli

Noun

ceilidh (plural ceilidhs or ceilidhean)

  1. An informal social gathering where traditional Irish or Scottish folk music is played, with dancing and storytelling.

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Translations

References

  1. 1 2 “ceilidh” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2Ed.; 1989]

Anagrams

Irish

Verb

ceilidh

  1. inflection of ceil:
    1. (archaic, Munster) second-person plural imperative
    2. (obsolete) third-person singular present indicative independent
    3. (obsolete) second-person plural present indicative

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
ceilidh cheilidh gceilidh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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