ceirtlín

Irish

Alternative forms

  • ceairtlín, ceartlainn, ceartlinn, ceartlín, ceirthlín
  • ceirtleog[1]

Etymology

From ceirtle +‎ -ín.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /cɛɾˠhˈlʲiːnʲ/[2] (corresponding to the form ceirthlín)
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈcaɾˠhl̠ʲiːnʲ/, /ˈcaɾˠtʲlʲiːnʲ/, /ˈcɛɾˠhl̠ʲiːnʲ/[3] (as if spelled cearthlín/ceairtlín/ceirthlín)

Noun

ceirtlín m (genitive singular ceirtlín, nominative plural ceirtlíní or ceirtlíneacha)

  1. ball (quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape), clew
  2. anything roughly ball-shaped
    Rinne an ghráinneog ceirtlín di féin.
    The hedgehog curled up into a ball.
  3. heap, lump
  4. well-set, well-built or beefy person

Declension

Declension of ceirtlín (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ceirtlín ceirtlíní
vocative a cheirtlín a cheirtlíní
genitive ceirtlín ceirtlíní
dative ceirtlín ceirtlíní
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ceirtlín na ceirtlíní
genitive an cheirtlín na gceirtlíní
dative leis an gceirtlín
don cheirtlín 		leis na ceirtlíní

Derived terms

  • tochrais ar do cheirtlín féin (“to work in one's own interest, have an axe to grind”)
  • déan ceirtlín díot féin (“to curl up (into a ball)”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceirtlín
radical lenition eclipsis
ceirtlín cheirtlín gceirtlín

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

References

  1. ^ “ceirtlín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 232, page 117
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 227, page 84

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