"céul" meaning in Old Irish

See céul in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkʲeːu̯l/
Etymology: The Thurneysen Fanclub notes a possible derivation of this term from a variant of cétal where instead of an epenthetic vowel being inserted between the consonants in the final cluster -tl, the t was instead deleted. Compare scél for a case of deletion and anacol for a case in which an epenthetic vowel did appear, albeit with the -t- also disappearing. Head templates: {{head|sga|noun|||genitive|cíuil|||||||nominative plural|céul|or|céola||{{{pl3}}}|altform=|cat2=|g=n|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} céul n (genitive cíuil, nominative plural céul or céola), {{sga-noun|n|cíuil|céul|pl2=céola}} céul n (genitive cíuil, nominative plural céul or céola) Inflection templates: {{sga-decl-o-neut|cíuil|dat_sg=cíul|nom_pl2=céola}}, {{sga-decl-noun|acc_du=céul+N|acc_du2=|acc_du3=|acc_pl=céul+L|acc_pl2=céola|acc_pl3=|acc_sg=céul+N|acc_sg2=|acc_sg3=|class=o-n|dat_du=céulaib|dat_du2=|dat_du3=|dat_pl=céulaib|dat_pl2=|dat_pl3=|dat_sg=cíul+L|dat_sg2=|dat_sg3=|gen_du=céul|gen_du2=|gen_du3=|gen_pl=céul+N|gen_pl2=|gen_pl3=|gen_sg=cíuil+L|gen_sg2=|gen_sg3=|n=|nom_du=céul+N|nom_du2=|nom_du3=|nom_pl=céul+L|nom_pl2=céola|nom_pl3=|nom_sg=céul+N|nom_sg2=|nom_sg3=|voc_du=céul+N|voc_du2=|voc_du3=|voc_pl=céul+L|voc_pl2=céola|voc_pl3=|voc_sg=céul+N|voc_sg2=|voc_sg3=}}, {{sga-mutation}} Forms: cíuil [genitive], céul [nominative, plural], céola [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], céul [nominative, singular], céul [dual, nominative], céul [nominative, plural], céola [nominative, plural], céul [singular, vocative], céul [dual, vocative], céul [plural, vocative], céola [plural, vocative], céul [accusative, singular], céul [accusative, dual], céul [accusative, plural], céola [accusative, plural], cíuil [genitive, singular], céul [dual, genitive], céul [genitive, plural], cíul [dative, singular], céulaib [dative, dual], céulaib [dative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], céul [error-unrecognized-form], chéul [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. musical instrument Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-céul-sga-noun-lNplzagD Categories (other): Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53
  2. music Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-céul-sga-noun-gPGJmE5c Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Music Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53 Disambiguation of Music: 19 81
     
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Irish",
          "lang_code": "ga",
          "word": "ceol"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Manx",
          "lang_code": "gv",
          "word": "kiaull"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "lang_code": "gd",
          "word": "ceòl"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Irish",
      "lang_code": "mga",
      "word": "ceól"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The Thurneysen Fanclub notes a possible derivation of this term from a variant of cétal where instead of an epenthetic vowel being inserted between the consonants in the final cluster -tl, the t was instead deleted. Compare scél for a case of deletion and anacol for a case in which an epenthetic vowel did appear, albeit with the -t- also disappearing.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cíuil",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céul",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céola",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-o-neut",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céul",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céul",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céul",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céola",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céul",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céul",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céul",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céola",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céul",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céul",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céul",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céola",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cíuil",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céul",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céul",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cíul",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céulaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céulaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céul",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chéul",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "nominative plural",
        "14": "céul",
        "15": "or",
        "16": "céola",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{pl3}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "genitive",
        "6": "cíuil",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "céul n (genitive cíuil, nominative plural céul or céola)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "cíuil",
        "3": "céul",
        "pl2": "céola"
      },
      "expansion": "céul n (genitive cíuil, nominative plural céul or céola)",
      "name": "sga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cíuil",
        "dat_sg": "cíul",
        "nom_pl2": "céola"
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-o-neut"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "acc_du": "céul+N",
        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
        "acc_pl": "céul+L",
        "acc_pl2": "céola",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "céul+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "class": "o-n",
        "dat_du": "céulaib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "céulaib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
        "dat_sg": "cíul+L",
        "dat_sg2": "",
        "dat_sg3": "",
        "gen_du": "céul",
        "gen_du2": "",
        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_pl": "céul+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_sg": "cíuil+L",
        "gen_sg2": "",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "n": "",
        "nom_du": "céul+N",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_pl": "céul+L",
        "nom_pl2": "céola",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_sg": "céul+N",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "voc_du": "céul+N",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_pl": "céul+L",
        "voc_pl2": "céola",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "céul+N",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": ""
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "65 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "musical instrument"
      ],
      "id": "en-céul-sga-noun-lNplzagD",
      "links": [
        [
          "musical instrument",
          "musical instrument"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sga",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "sga:Music",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "music"
      ],
      "id": "en-céul-sga-noun-gPGJmE5c",
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʲeːu̯l/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "céul"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Irish lemmas",
    "Old Irish neuter nouns",
    "Old Irish neuter o-stem nouns",
    "Old Irish nouns",
    "Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "sga:Music"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Irish",
          "lang_code": "ga",
          "word": "ceol"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Manx",
          "lang_code": "gv",
          "word": "kiaull"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "lang_code": "gd",
          "word": "ceòl"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Irish",
      "lang_code": "mga",
      "word": "ceól"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The Thurneysen Fanclub notes a possible derivation of this term from a variant of cétal where instead of an epenthetic vowel being inserted between the consonants in the final cluster -tl, the t was instead deleted. Compare scél for a case of deletion and anacol for a case in which an epenthetic vowel did appear, albeit with the -t- also disappearing.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cíuil",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céul",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céola",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-o-neut",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céul",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céul",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céul",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céola",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céul",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céul",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céul",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céola",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céul",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céul",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céul",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céola",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cíuil",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céul",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céul",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cíul",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céulaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céulaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céul",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chéul",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "nominative plural",
        "14": "céul",
        "15": "or",
        "16": "céola",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{pl3}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "genitive",
        "6": "cíuil",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "céul n (genitive cíuil, nominative plural céul or céola)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "cíuil",
        "3": "céul",
        "pl2": "céola"
      },
      "expansion": "céul n (genitive cíuil, nominative plural céul or céola)",
      "name": "sga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cíuil",
        "dat_sg": "cíul",
        "nom_pl2": "céola"
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-o-neut"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "acc_du": "céul+N",
        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
        "acc_pl": "céul+L",
        "acc_pl2": "céola",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "céul+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "class": "o-n",
        "dat_du": "céulaib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "céulaib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
        "dat_sg": "cíul+L",
        "dat_sg2": "",
        "dat_sg3": "",
        "gen_du": "céul",
        "gen_du2": "",
        "gen_du3": "",
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        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
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        "gen_sg2": "",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "n": "",
        "nom_du": "céul+N",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_pl": "céul+L",
        "nom_pl2": "céola",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_sg": "céul+N",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "voc_du": "céul+N",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_pl": "céul+L",
        "voc_pl2": "céola",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "céul+N",
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        "voc_sg3": ""
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "musical instrument"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "musical instrument",
          "musical instrument"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "music"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʲeːu̯l/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "céul"
}

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{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: céul/Old Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "céul"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "céul",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
    "céul"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "céul",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nasalization'",
  "path": [
    "céul"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "céul",
  "trace": ""
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.