Irish
Etymology
From ceangail (“to tie”) + -(t)án
Pronunciation
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈcaŋəl̪ˠt̪ˠanˠ/, /ˈcaŋəl̪ˠt̪ˠan̪ˠ/
Noun
ceangaltán m (genitive singular ceangaltáin, nominative plural ceangaltáin)
- bundle (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying)
- packet, parcel
- attachment (file sent along with a message)
Declension
Declension of ceangaltán (first declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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ceangaltán
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ceangaltáin
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| vocative
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a cheangaltáin
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a cheangaltána
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| genitive
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ceangaltáin
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ceangaltán
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| dative
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ceangaltán
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ceangaltáin
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Mutation
Mutated forms of ceangaltán
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| ceangaltán
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cheangaltán
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gceangaltán
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- “ceangaltán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cengaltán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ceangaltán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 125
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceangaltán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 79