ceirtlín

Irish

From ceirtle +‎ -ín.

(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈcaɾˠhl̠ʲinʲ/, /ˈcaɾˠtʲlʲinʲ/, /ˈcɛɾˠhl̠ʲinʲ/[1] (as if spelled cearthlín/ceairtlín/ceirthlín)

ceirtlín m (genitive singular ceirtlín, nominative plural ceirtlíní or ceirtlíneacha)

ball (quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape), clew
anything roughly ball-shaped
Rinne an ghráinneog ceirtlín di féin.
The hedgehog curled up into a ball.
heap, lump
well-set, well-built or beefy person

Declension of ceirtlín

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an ceirtlín	na ceirtlíní
Genitive	an cheirtlín	na gceirtlíní
Dative	leis an gceirtlín don cheirtlín	leis na ceirtlíní

tochrais ar do cheirtlín féin (“to work in one's own interest, have an axe to grind”)
déan ceirtlín díot féin (“to curl up (into a ball)”)

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceirtlín	cheirtlín	gceirtlín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

“ceirtlín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), chapter 8509, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ceirtlín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 133
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceirtlín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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