ceangal

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cengal (“bond, tie, binding, fetter, fastening”), from Latin cingulum (“girdle, belt”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈcaŋəlˠ/, /ˈcaŋɡəlˠ/

Noun

ceangal m (genitive singular ceangail, nominative plural ceangail)

  1. verbal noun of ceangail
  2. connection, link, bond
  3. (music) slur

Declension
Declension of ceangal

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ceangal ceangail
Vocative a cheangail a cheangala
Genitive ceangail ceangal
Dative ceangal ceangail

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ceangal na ceangail
Genitive an cheangail na gceangal
Dative leis an gceangal

don cheangal

 leis na ceangail

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
ceangal cheangal gceangal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cengal (“bond, tie, binding, fetter, fastening”), from Latin cingulum (“girdle, belt”).

Noun

ceangal m

  1. verbal noun of ceangail
  2. connection, link, bond
  3. (music) slur

Derived terms
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