céalacan
Irish
Alternative forms
- ceudlongadh, céadlongadh, ciallacan
Etymology
Apparently an alteration of earlier céadlongadh (from Middle Irish cétlongad (“fasting”), from Old Irish cét- (“first”) + longud, verbal noun of loingid (“to eat, swallow”)), though the details are obscure.
Pronunciation
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈciəl̪ˠən̪ˠi/, [ˈciəl̪ˠən̪ˠĩ][1] (as if spelled ciallannaí)
Noun
céalacan m (genitive singular céalacain)
- fasting (abstaining from food), especially the period of the morning before one eats breakfast
- ar céalacan ― while fasting; on an empty stomach
- Synonym: troscadh
Declension
Declension of céalacan
First declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
| Forms with the definite article:
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See also
- aoine
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| céalacan | chéalacan | gcéalacan |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “céalacan”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cétlongad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “céadlongaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 123
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “céalacan”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 124
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “céalacan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 62