ceirtlis

Irish

Etymology

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Compare ceirt (“apple-tree”).

Noun

ceirtlis f (genitive singular ceirtlise, nominative plural ceirtlisí)

  1. cider (alcoholic, sparkling beverage made from fermented apples)
    Synonym: leann úll

Declension

Declension of ceirtlis (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ceirtlis ceirtlisí
vocative a cheirtlis a cheirtlisí
genitive ceirtlise ceirtlisí
dative ceirtlis ceirtlisí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cheirtlis na ceirtlisí
genitive na ceirtlise na gceirtlisí
dative leis an gceirtlis
don cheirtlis 		leis na ceirtlisí

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceirtlis
radical lenition eclipsis
ceirtlis cheirtlis gceirtlis

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceirtlis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “ceirtlis”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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