ceil

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siːl/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːl
  • Homophones: SEAL, seal

Etymology 1

Uncertain; perhaps related to Latin cēlō (“to hide”).

Alternative forms

Verb

ceil (third-person singular simple present ceils, present participle ceiling, simple past and past participle ceiled)

  1. (transitive) To line or finish (a surface, such as a wall), with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or similar.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Abbrevation of ceiling, influenced by French ciel

Noun

ceil (plural ceils)

  1. (poetic) A ceiling.
    • 1890, Ambrose E. Pratt, Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration of Sandwich and Bourne, at Sandwich, Massachusetts, September 3, 1889, page 89:
      […] The mossy sward / Beneath their feet, their carpet was, / An azure ceil, the sky above; […]
  2. (mathematics) Abbreviation of ceiling.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

ceil (third-person singular simple present ceils, present participle ceiling, simple past and past participle ceiled)

  1. (mathematics) To set a higher bound.

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ceilid, from Proto-Celtic *keleti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-; compare Welsh celu, Latin cēlō, Old English helan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /celʲ/

Verb

ceil (present analytic ceileann, future analytic ceilfidh, verbal noun ceilt, past participle ceilte) (transitive)

  1. to hide, conceal
    Synonym: folaigh
  2. to cover up, disguise

Conjugation

Conjugation of ceil (first conjugation – A)
indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present ceilim ceileann tú;
ceilir† 		ceileann sé, sí ceilimid; ceileann muid ceileann sibh ceileann siad;
ceilid† 		a cheileann; a cheileas ceiltear
past cheil mé; cheileas cheil tú; cheilis cheil sé, sí cheileamar; cheil muid cheil sibh; cheileabhair cheil siad; cheileadar a cheil ceileadh
past habitual cheilinn /
ceilinn‡ 		cheilteá /
ceilteᇠ		cheileadh sé, sí /
ceileadh sé, sí‡ 		cheilimis; cheileadh muid /
ceilimis‡; ceileadh muid‡ 		cheileadh sibh /
ceileadh sibh‡ 		cheilidís; cheileadh siad /
ceilidís‡; ceileadh siad‡ 		a cheileadh cheiltí /
ceiltí‡
singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
future ceilfidh mé;
ceilfead 		ceilfidh tú;
ceilfir† 		ceilfidh sé, sí ceilfimid;
ceilfidh muid 		ceilfidh sibh ceilfidh siad;
ceilfid† 		a cheilfidh; a cheilfeas ceilfear
conditional cheilfinn /
ceilfinn‡ 		cheilfeá /
ceilfeᇠ		cheilfeadh sé, sí /
ceilfeadh sé, sí‡ 		cheilfimis; cheilfeadh muid /
ceilfimis‡; ceilfeadh muid‡ 		cheilfeadh sibh /
ceilfeadh sibh‡ 		cheilfidís; cheilfeadh siad /
ceilfidís‡; ceilfeadh siad‡ 		a cheilfeadh cheilfí /
ceilfí‡
subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
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 singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
— ceilim ceil ceileadh sé, sí ceilimis ceiligí;
ceilidh† 		ceilidís — ceiltear
past participle ceilte
verbal noun ceilt

† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form

  • ceilteach (“secretive”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceil
radical lenition eclipsis
ceil cheil gceil

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

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “ceilim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 184; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ceil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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