ciogal

Irish

Etymology

From Late Latin cyclus, from Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos (“circle, wheel”).

Noun

ciogal m (genitive singular ciogail, nominative plural ciogail)

  1. (literary, astronomy) (astronomical) cycle
  2. (music) cycle
    Synonym: sraith

Declension

Declension of ciogal (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ciogal ciogail
vocative a chiogail a chiogala
genitive ciogail ciogal
dative ciogal ciogail
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ciogal na ciogail
genitive an chiogail na gciogal
dative leis an gciogal
don chiogal 		leis na ciogail

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of ciogal
radical lenition eclipsis
ciogal chiogal gciogal

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) “ciogal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “ciogal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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