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Webster 1828 Edition


Ceol

CEOL

, Sax. A ship. This word is sometimes found prefixed to names.

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ceol

ceol

See also: ceól and ceòl

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish ceól, from Old Irish céul.

Pronunciation

Noun

ceol m (genitive singular ceoil, nominative plural ceolta)

  1. music
  2. song

Declension

Derived terms

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, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • "ceol" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Old English

Noun

ċēol m

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

Declension