ceirtlis

Irish

Etymology

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Compare ceirt (“apple-tree”).

Noun

ceirtlis f (genitive singular ceirtlise, nominative plural ceirtlisí)

1. cider (alcoholic, sparkling beverage made from fermented apples)

   Synonym: leann úll

Declension

Declension of ceirtlis (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative ceirtlis ceirtlisí vocative a cheirtlis a cheirtlisí genitive ceirtlise ceirtlisí dative ceirtlis ceirtlisí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an cheirtlis na ceirtlisí genitive na ceirtlise na gceirtlisí dative leis an gceirtlis don cheirtlis leis na ceirtlisí

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceirtlis

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ceirtlis	cheirtlis	gceirtlis

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ceirtlis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “ceirtlis”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025