ceolchoirm

Irish

Etymology

From ceol (music) +‎ coirm (feast, festival). Compare Scottish Gaelic cuirm-chiùil.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcoːlˠˌxɞɾʲəmʲ/

Noun

ceolchoirm f (genitive singular ceolchoirme, nominative plural ceolchoirmeacha)

  1. concert

Declension

Declension of ceolchoirm (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ceolchoirm ceolchoirmeacha
vocative a cheolchoirm a cheolchoirmeacha
genitive ceolchoirme ceolchoirmeacha
dative ceolchoirm ceolchoirmeacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cheolchoirm na ceolchoirmeacha
genitive na ceolchoirme na gceolchoirmeacha
dative leis an gceolchoirm
don cheolchoirm
leis na ceolchoirmeacha

Derived terms

  • mórphianó ceolchoirme (concert grand)
  • airde ceolchoirme (concert pitch)
  • ceolchoirm phromanáid (promenade concert)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceolchoirm
radical lenition eclipsis
ceolchoirm cheolchoirm gceolchoirm

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

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