cill
Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
cill f (genitive singular cille, nominative plural cealla)
- (obsolete) church
- churchyard
- (Christianity, biology, electricity) cell
Declension
Declension of cill
Derived terms
- aerchill f (“air cell”)
- aoncheallach (“unicellular, single celled”)
- Cill Airne (“Killarney”)
- Cill Ala (“Killala”)
- Cill Chainnigh (“Kilkenny”)
- cill chriathrach (“sieve cell”)
- Cill Dalua (“Killaloe”)
- Cill Dara (“Kildare”)
- Cill Droichid (“Celbridge”)
- Cill Fionnúrach (“Kilfenora”)
- Cill Mhantáin (“Wicklow”)
- Cill Mhic Duach (“Kilmacduagh”)
- Cill Mhór (“Kilmore”)
- cill shómach (“somatic cell”)
- cill thirim (“dry cell”)
- cilldeighilt f (“cell division”)
- cillín m (“cell; hoard, nest-egg”)
- cillscannán m (“cell membrane”)
- cillsú m (“cell sap”)
- cloch-chill (“stone cell”)
- eachtarcheallach (“extracellular”)
- fótaichill (“photocell”)
- taisc-chill (“storage cell”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cill | chill | gcill |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) chapter CILL, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “cill” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cill” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 83
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /cʰiːʎ/
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| cill | chill |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) chapter CILL, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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