cealgaire

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish celgaire (“deceiver, trickster”). By surface analysis, cealg +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcalˠəɡəɾʲə/

Noun

cealgaire m (genitive singular cealgaire, nominative plural cealgairí)

  1. guileful person; beguiler, deceiver

Declension

Declension of cealgaire (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cealgaire cealgairí
vocative a chealgaire a chealgairí
genitive cealgaire cealgairí
dative cealgaire cealgairí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cealgaire na cealgairí
genitive an chealgaire na gcealgairí
dative leis an gcealgaire
don chealgaire 		leis na cealgairí

Mutation

Mutated forms of cealgaire
radical lenition eclipsis
cealgaire chealgaire gcealgaire

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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