cill
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Noun ===
cill (plural cills)
Alternative form of sill (“a threshold or brink across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against”).
== Irish ==
=== Alternative forms ===
ceall
=== Etymology ===
From Old Irish cell, from Latin cella.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Munster) IPA(key): (Waterford) /cəilʲ/, (Cork, Kerry) /ciːlʲ/
(Galway) IPA(key): /ciːl̠ʲ/
(Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /cil̠ʲ/
=== Noun ===
cill f (genitive singular cille, nominative plural cealla)
(obsolete) church
churchyard
(Christianity, biology, electricity) cell
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== Mutation ===
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “cill”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 189; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “cill”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“cill”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
== Scottish Gaelic ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Irish cell, from Latin cella.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /cʰiːʎ/
=== Noun ===
cill f (genitive singular cille, plural cilltean)
cell
chapel
churchyard
burial ground
=== Mutation ===
=== References ===
Edward Dwelly (1911), “cill”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language