cealg

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish celg.[2]

Noun

cealg f (genitive singular ceilge, nominative plural cealga)

  1. treachery, guile
  2. sting (of an insect)
Declension
Declension of cealg (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cealg cealga
vocative a chealg a chealga
genitive ceilge cealg
dative cealg
ceilg (archaic, dialectal) 		cealga
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an chealg na cealga
genitive na ceilge na gcealg
dative leis an gcealg
leis an gceilg (archaic, dialectal)
don chealg
don cheilg (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na cealga
Alternative forms
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “cealg”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “cealg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 124

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish celgaid, from the noun.[3]

Verb

cealg (present analytic cealgann, future analytic cealgfaidh, verbal noun cealgadh, past participle cealgtha)

  1. to sting (of an insect)
  2. to blandish, cajole
  3. to lull (a child to sleep), quiet, hush
Conjugation
Conjugation of cealg (first conjugation – A)
indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present cealgaim cealgann tú;
cealgair† 		cealgann sé, sí cealgaimid; cealgann muid cealgann sibh cealgann siad;
cealgaid† 		a chealgann; a chealgas cealgtar
past chealg mé; chealgas chealg tú; chealgais chealg sé, sí chealgamar; chealg muid chealg sibh; chealgabhair chealg siad; chealgadar a chealg cealgadh
past habitual chealgainn /
cealgainn‡ 		chealgtá /
cealgtᇠ		chealgadh sé, sí /
cealgadh sé, sí‡ 		chealgaimis; chealgadh muid /
cealgaimis‡; cealgadh muid‡ 		chealgadh sibh /
cealgadh sibh‡ 		chealgaidís; chealgadh siad /
cealgaidís‡; cealgadh siad‡ 		a chealgadh chealgtaí /
cealgtaí‡
singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
future cealgfaidh mé;
cealgfad 		cealgfaidh tú;
cealgfair† 		cealgfaidh sé, sí cealgfaimid;
cealgfaidh muid 		cealgfaidh sibh cealgfaidh siad;
cealgfaid† 		a chealgfaidh; a chealgfas cealgfar
conditional chealgfainn /
cealgfainn‡ 		chealgfá /
cealgfᇠ		chealgfadh sé, sí /
cealgfadh sé, sí‡ 		chealgfaimis; chealgfadh muid /
cealgfaimis‡; cealgfadh muid‡ 		chealgfadh sibh /
cealgfadh sibh‡ 		chealgfaidís; chealgfadh siad /
cealgfaidís‡; cealgfadh siad‡ 		a chealgfadh chealgfaí /
cealgfaí‡
subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present go gcealga mé;
go gcealgad† 		go gcealga tú;
go gcealgair† 		go gcealga sé, sí go gcealgaimid;
go gcealga muid 		go gcealga sibh go gcealga siad;
go gcealgaid† 		— go gcealgtar
past dá gcealgainn dá gcealgtá dá gcealgadh sé, sí dá gcealgaimis;
dá gcealgadh muid 		dá gcealgadh sibh dá gcealgaidís;
dá gcealgadh siad 		— dá gcealgtaí
imperative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
— cealgaim cealg cealgadh sé, sí cealgaimis cealgaigí;
cealgaidh† 		cealgaidís — cealgtar
past participle cealgtha
verbal noun cealgadh

† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “cealg”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “cealgaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 124

Mutation

Mutated forms of cealg
radical lenition eclipsis
cealg chealg gcealg

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 53
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “celg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “celgaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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