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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cealg cealga
Vocative a chealg a chealga
Genitive ceilge cealg
Dative cealg
ceilg (archaic, dialectal)		 cealga

Forms with the definite article

Case 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
  • cealgach
  • cealgrún
  • cealgrúnach

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)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present cealgaim cealgann tú;
cealgair†		 cealgann sé, sí cealgaimid cealgann sibh cealgann siad;
cealgaid†		 a chealgann; a chealgas /
a gcealgann*; a gcealgas*		 cealgtar
past chealg mé; chealgas chealg tú; chealgais chealg sé, sí chealgamar; chealg muid chealg sibh; chealgabhair chealg siad; chealgadar a chealg /
ar chealg*		 cealgadh
past habitual chealgainn / gcealgainn‡‡ chealgtá / gcealgtᇇ chealgadh sé, sí / gcealgadh sé, s퇇 chealgaimis; chealgadh muid / gcealgaimis‡‡; gcealgadh muid‡‡ chealgadh sibh / gcealgadh sibh‡‡ chealgaidís; chealgadh siad / gcealgaidís‡‡; gcealgadh siad‡‡ a chealgadh /
a gcealgadh*		 chealgtaí / gcealgta퇇
future cealgfaidh mé;
cealgfad		 cealgfaidh tú;
cealgfair†		 cealgfaidh sé, sí cealgfaimid;
cealgfaidh muid		 cealgfaidh sibh cealgfaidh siad;
cealgfaid†		 a chealgfaidh; a chealgfas /
a gcealgfaidh*; a gcealgfas*		 cealgfar
conditional chealgfainn / gcealgfainn‡‡ chealgfá / gcealgfᇇ chealgfadh sé, sí / gcealgfadh sé, s퇇 chealgfaimis; chealgfadh muid / gcealgfaimis‡‡; gcealgfadh muid‡‡ chealgfadh sibh / gcealgfadh sibh‡‡ chealgfaidís; chealgfadh siad / gcealgfaidís‡‡; gcealgfadh siad‡‡ a chealgfadh /
a gcealgfadh*		 chealgfaí / gcealgfa퇇
subjunctive 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 cealgaim cealg cealgadh sé, sí cealgaimis cealgaigí;
cealgaidh†		 cealgaidís — cealgtar
verbal noun cealgadh
past participle cealgtha

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

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
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cealg chealg gcealg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 53
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “celg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “celgaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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