English

Noun

cill ‎(plural cills)

1. More usual spelling of sill when used in the context of an 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.

Noun

cill f ‎(genitive singular cille, nominative plural cealla)

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

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

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

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 0 901771 92 9
• “cell” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.