ceadal

Irish

Alternative forms

• céadal

Etymology

From Old Irish cétal, with irregular change of /e:/ to /e/, later regularly /æ/ in dialects outside of East Ulster (including counties Meath and Louth, historically) and probably East Leinster.

Noun

ceadal m (genitive singular ceadail, nominative plural ceadail)

1. (music) recital

Declension

Declension of ceadal (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ceadal ceadail vocative a cheadail a cheadala genitive ceadail ceadal dative ceadal ceadail forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ceadal na ceadail genitive an cheadail na gceadal dative leis an gceadal don cheadal leis na ceadail

Derived terms

• focheadal (“act of singing, chanting (in accompaniment)”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceadal

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ceadal	cheadal	gceadal

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceadal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN