Cell Daro

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• Cell Dara (most common form)

Etymology

From cell (“church”) +‎ dair (“oak”), literally “Church of Oak”.

Attested in the Cáin Adomnáin, from c. 700. The form Cell Daro, with the archaic genitive ending, instead of the usual Cell Dara appears in ninth-century entries in the Annals of Ulster.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkʲel̪ ˈd̪a.ɾo/

Proper noun

Cell Daro f (genitive Cille Daro)

1. Kildare, a town in Leinster.

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Cell Daro	—	—
vocative	Cell Daro	—	—
accusative	Ceill nDaro	—	—
genitive	Cille Daro	—	—
dative	Cill Daro	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: Cill Dara
  • → English: Kildare

Mutation

Mutation of Cell Daro

radical	lenition	nasalization
Cell Daro	Chell Daro	Cell Daro pronounced with /ɡʲ-/

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