ceil

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /siːl/
Rhymes: -iːl
Homophones: SEAL, seal

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain; perhaps related to Latin cēlō (“to hide”).

Verb

ceil (third-person singular simple present ceils, present participle ceiling, simple past and past participle ceiled)

(transitive) To line or finish (a surface, such as a wall), with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or similar.
(mathematics) To set a higher bound.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French ciel (“heavens”), from Latin caelum.

Noun

ceil (plural ceils)

(poetic) a ceiling

Translations

ceiling — see ceiling

Noun

ceil

(mathematics) Abbreviation of ceiling.

Anagrams

-icle, Celi, ICLE, ILEC, Icel., ciel, lice

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ceilid, from Proto-Celtic *keleti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-; compare Welsh celu, Latin cēlō, Old English helan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /cɛlʲ/

Verb

ceil (present analytic ceileann, future analytic ceilfidh, verbal noun ceilt, past participle ceilte)

to hide, conceal

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	ceilim	ceileann tú; ceilir^†	ceileann sé, sí	ceilimid	ceileann sibh	ceileann siad; ceilid^†	a cheileann; a cheileas / a gceileann; a gceileas	ceiltear
	past	cheil mé; cheileas	cheil tú; cheilis	cheil sé, sí	cheileamar; cheil muid	cheil sibh; cheileabhair	cheil siad; cheileadar	a cheil / ar cheil*	ceileadh
	past habitual	cheilinn	cheilteá	cheileadh sé, sí	cheilimis; cheileadh muid	cheileadh sibh	cheilidís; cheileadh siad	a cheileadh / ar cheileadh*	cheiltí
	future	ceilfidh mé; ceilfead	ceilfidh tú; ceilfir^†	ceilfidh sé, sí	ceilfimid; ceilfidh muid	ceilfidh sibh	ceilfidh siad; ceilfid^†	a cheilfidh; a cheilfeas / a gceilfidh; a gceilfeas	ceilfear
conditional		cheilfinn / gceilfinn‡‡	cheilfeá / gceilfeá‡‡	cheilfeadh sé, sí / gceilfeadh sé, sí‡‡	cheilfimis; cheilfeadh muid / gceilfimis‡‡; gceilfeadh muid‡‡	cheilfeadh sibh / gceilfeadh sibh‡‡	cheilfidís; cheilfeadh siad / gceilfidís‡‡; gceilfeadh siad‡‡	a cheilfeadh / ar cheilfeadh*	cheilfí / gceilfí‡‡
subjunctive	present	go gceile mé; go gceilead^†	go gceile tú; go gceilir^†	go gceile sé, sí	go gceilimid; go gceile muid	go gceile sibh	go gceile siad; go gceilid^†	—	go gceiltear
subjunctive	past	dá gceilinn	dá gceilteá	dá gceileadh sé, sí	dá gceilimis; dá gceileadh muid	dá gceileadh sibh	dá gceilidís; dá gceileadh siad	—	dá gceiltí
imperative		ceilim	ceil	ceileadh sé, sí	ceilimis	ceiligí; ceilidh^†	ceilidís	—	ceiltear
verbal noun		ceilt
past participle		ceilte

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceil	cheil	gceil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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