ceangal

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cengal (“bond, fetter”), from Latin cingulum (“girdle, belt”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈcɑŋ(ɡ)əl̪ˠ/, [ˈcɑ̃ŋ(ɡ)əl̪ˠ]^[1]
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈcaŋ(ɡ)əlˠ/, /ˈcaŋ(ɡ)əl̪ˠ/^[2]

Noun

ceangal m (genitive singular ceangail, nominative plural ceangail)

1. verbal noun of ceangail
2. connection, link, bond
3. (music) slur

Declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ceangal ceangail Vocative a cheangail a cheangala Genitive ceangail ceangal Dative ceangal ceangail

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an ceangal na ceangail Genitive an cheangail na gceangal Dative leis an gceangal don cheangal leis na ceangail

Declension of ceangal

First declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceangal	cheangal	gceangal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 41, page 22
2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 215, page 81

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceangal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ceangal”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ceangal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cengal (“bond, tie, binding, fetter, fastening”), from Latin cingulum (“girdle, belt”).

Pronunciation

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈkʲʰĩ.al̪ˠ/^[1]
• (Uist, Barra) IPA^(key): /ˈkʲʰɛ̃ˑ.əl̪ˠ/^[2][3]

Noun

ceangal m

1. verbal noun of ceangail
2. connection, link, bond
3. (music) slur

Derived terms

• ath-cheangal

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
ceangal	cheangal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

1. Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
2. John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
3. Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap