a chéile

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish a chéile. Literally, “his companion”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈçeːlʲə/[1]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /aˈçɛlʲə/[2]

Pronoun

a chéile

  1. each other, one another

Usage notes

After a preposition ending in a vowel, the preposition and the a may contract in the usual way for a (“his”), or the a may be deleted (though its lenition effect on chéile remains):

  • lena chéile or le chéile (“with each other”)
  • óna chéile or ó chéile (“from each other”)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 172
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 82, page 34

Further reading

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • a chéele

Etymology

Literally, “his companion”.

Pronoun

a chéile

  1. each other, one another
    For quotations using this term, see Citations:a chéile.

Further reading

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