a chéile
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Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
Usage notes[edit]
After a preposition ending in a vowel, the preposition and the a may contract in the usual way for a (“his”), or the a may be deleted (though its lenition effect on chéile remains):
- lena chéile or le chéile (“with each other”)
- óna chéile or ó chéile (“from each other”)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 34
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “céile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN