cill

English

Noun

cill (plural cills)

  1. Alternative form of sill (“underwater horizontal member which forms the base of a lock gate on a canal or river”)

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cell, from Latin cella.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ciːlʲ/

Noun

cill f (genitive singular cille, nominative plural cealla)

  1. (historical) church
  2. churchyard
  3. (Christianity, biology, electricity) cell

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cill chill gcill
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cell, from Latin cella.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʲiːʎ]

Noun

cill f (genitive singular cille, plural cilltean)

  1. cell
  2. chapel
  3. churchyard
  4. burial ground

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
cill chill
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “cell” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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