cèilidh

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See also: ceilidh and céilidh

English

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Noun

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cèilidh (plural cèilidhs)

  1. Alternative form of ceilidh.
    • 2013, Robert Dunbar, “Vernacular Gaelic Tradition”, in Sarah Dunnigan, Suzanne Gilbert, editors, The Edinburgh Companion to Scottish Traditional Literatures, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN:
      Although cèilidhs were undoubtedly crucial for oral tradition’s transmission, aspects – particularly song – were all-pervasive and ever-present.
    • 2018, Philip Dixon, Dairy Cows & Duck Races: The Life & Times of a Young Farmer, Poundbury, Dorset: Veloce Publishing, published 2019, →ISBN:
      A caller is the person who calls out the instructions to the dancers at barn dances and cèilidhs, such as, ‘now turn and face the Moor Cock wall!’
    • 2021, Sam Heughan, Graham McTavish, The Clanlands Almanac: Seasonal Stories from Scotland, London: Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN:
      I can’t remember my first cèilidh. (In fact, it is in the nature of cèilidhs NOT to remember them, simply because of the sheer amount of whisky consumed.)

Scottish Gaelic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish céilide (visit, visiting), from céle (companion).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cèilidh f (genitive singular cèilidhe, plural cèilidhean)

  1. gossiping, visiting, visit
    Bha mi a' cèilidh air do mhàthair a-raoir.I was visiting with your mother last night.
  2. sojourning
  3. pilgrimage
  4. ceilidh

Descendants

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  • English: ceilidh
  • Scots: ceilidh, kailie

Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
cèilidh chèilidh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.