ceol

• ceól (obsolete)

From Middle Irish ceól, from Old Irish céul.^[1]

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /coːl̪ˠ/^[2]
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /coːlˠ/, /coːl̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /cɔːlˠ/, /cɔːl̪ˠ/

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ceol m (genitive singular ceoil, nominative plural ceolta)

1. music
2. song

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ceol”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 134
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceol”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

From Proto-Germanic *keulaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gawl- (“ball, swelling”). Displaced by Middle English kele, possibly from or related to Middle Dutch kiel (“keel”) cognate with Old Norse kjǫlr, from Proto-Germanic *keluz, a related root. Cognate with Old Saxon kiol (“boat”), Old High German kiol (“boat”), Old Norse kjóll (“ship”).

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃe͜oːl/

ċēol m

1. ship (specifically a small flat-bottomed boat)
   • c. 700, Beowulf:

     Ceol on lande stod.

     The ship stood on the land.

2. keel of a ship

Strong a-stem:

• ⇒ English: Kelsey (from cēol + siġe)
• ⇒ English: Cholmondeley (from Ċēolmunde + lēah)
• ⇒ English: Chulmleigh (from Ċēolmunde + lēah)
• ⇒ English: Cholmondeston (from Ċēolmunde + -es + -tūn)
• ⇒ English: Chelmsford (from a contraction of Ċēolmǣre + ford)
• ⇒ English: Chilvers (from a contraction of Ċēolfriþ + -es or 's)
• ⇒ English: Chorlton (from a contraction of Ċēolfriþ + -tūn)
• ⇒ English: Cholsey (from a contraction of Ċēoles + īeġ)