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Webster 1913 Edition
Ceil
Ceil
(sēl)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Ceiled
(sēld)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ceiling
.] [From an older noun, fr. F.
ciel
heaven, canopy, fr. L. caelum
heaven, vault, arch, covering; cf. Gr. κοῖλοσ
hollow.] 1.
To overlay or cover the inner side of the roof of; to furnish with a ceiling;
as, to
. ceil
a roomThe greater house he
ceiled
with fir tree. 2 Chron. iii. 5
2.
To line or finish a surface, as of a wall, with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or the like.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ceil
CEIL
,Verb.
T.
And the greater house he ceiled with fir-tree. 2 Chron. 3.
Definition 2025
ceil
ceil
English
Verb
ceil (third-person singular simple present ceils, present participle ceiling, simple past and past participle ceiled)
- To line or finish a surface, as of a wall, with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or the like.
Etymology 2
From French ciel (“heavens”), from Latin caelum.
Noun
ceil (plural ceils)
- (poetic) a ceiling
Translations
ceiling — see ceiling
Anagrams
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish ceilid, from Proto-Celtic *kel-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-; compare Welsh celu, Latin celō, Old English helan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /cɛlʲ/
Verb
ceil (present analytic ceileann, future analytic ceilfidh, verbal noun ceilt, past participle ceilte)
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 | cheilfeá | cheilfeadh sé, sí | cheilfimis; cheilfeadh muid | cheilfeadh sibh | cheilfidís; cheilfeadh siad | a cheilfeadh / ar cheilfeadh* |
cheilfí | |
| 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
† Dialect form
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. | ||