# ceol
## Irish
### Alternative forms

* ceól (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Middle Irish ceól, from Old Irish céul.

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /coːl̪ˠ/
* (Connacht) IPA: /coːlˠ/, /coːl̪ˠ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /cɔːlˠ/, /cɔːl̪ˠ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ceol m (genitive singular ceoil, nominative plural ceolta)
* music
* song

#### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
ceol
ceolta
vocative
a cheoil
a cheolta
genitive
ceoil
ceolta
dative
ceol
ceolta
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an ceol
na ceolta
genitive
an cheoil
na gceolta
dative
leis an gceol don cheol
leis na ceolta :

#### Derived terms

* adhbh cheoil
* aoncheol
* bileog cheoil
* binsín ceoil
* bonnán ceoil
* ceol teidil
* ceoláras
* ceoldráma
* ceoleolaíocht
* ceolmhar
* ceolreacaireacht
* ceolscoil
* ceoltóir
* cuach cheoil
* cuaichín cheoil
* gabháil cheoil
* gléas ceoil
* rac-cheol
* smólach ceoil
* snagcheol
* spallaíocht cheoil
* uirlis cheoil

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ “ceol”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ceól”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 44, page 23
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 175
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 418, page 136

### Further reading

* 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

## Old English
### Etymology

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”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃe͜oːl/

### Noun

ċēol m
* ship (specifically a small flat-bottomed boat)
** c. 700, Beowulf:
    Ceol on lande stod.The ship stood on the land.
* keel of a ship

#### Declension

Strong a-stem:

#### Derived terms

* Ċēolbeald
* Ċēolberht
* Ċēolfriþ
* Ċēolhere
* Ċēolmær
* Ċēolmund
* Ċēolnoþ
* Ċēolræd
* Ċēolrīċ
* Ċēolsiġe
* Ċēolwald
* Ċēolweard
* Ċēolwīġ
* Ċēolwulf

#### Descendants

* ⇒ English: Kelsey (from cēoles + īeġ)
* ⇒ 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)