ciallach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cíallach. By surface analysis, ciall (“mind, sanity; sense, reason”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰʲiəl̪ˠəx/

Adjective

ciallach (genitive singular masculine ciallaich, comparative ciallaiche)

  1. rational, sensible

Derived terms

  • aon-chiallach
  • àrd-chiallach
  • bun-chiallach
  • co-chiallach
  • dà-chiallach
  • dìth-chiallach
  • doi-chiallach
  • eu-ciallach
  • leth-chiallach
  • mì-chiallach
  • neo-chiallach
  • saobh-chiallach

Mutation

Mutation of ciallach
radical lenition
ciallach chiallach

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “ciallach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cíallach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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