cealgach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish celgach.[1] By surface analysis, cealg +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

cealgach (genitive singular masculine cealgaigh, genitive singular feminine cealgaí, plural cealgacha, comparative cealgaí)

  1. treacherous, deceitful, deceptive, insidious
  2. beguiling, guileful, alluring
  3. wily
  4. alternative form of colgach

Declension

Declension of cealgach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative cealgach chealgach cealgacha;
chealgacha2
vocative chealgaigh cealgacha
genitive cealgaí cealgacha cealgach
dative cealgach;
chealgach1 		chealgach;
chealgaigh (archaic) 		cealgacha;
chealgacha2
Comparative níos cealgaí
Superlative is cealgaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

  • (treacherous, deceitful, deceptive): fealltach, mealltach

Mutation

Mutated forms of cealgach
radical lenition eclipsis
cealgach chealgach gcealgach

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “celgach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 169
  3. ^ Sommerfelt, Alf (1922), The Dialect of Torr, County Donegal, volume I: Phonology, Christiania [Oslo]: Videnskapsselskapet i Kristiania, section 115, page 43

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “cealgaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 173; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cealgach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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