cellach

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• celdag, celldach

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kellāko- (“war, fight”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to break, beat, strike”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʲel̪ax/, /ˈkʲel̪əx/

Noun

cellach ?

1. strife, contention

Inflection

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Derived terms

• Cellach

Descendants

• Scottish Gaelic: ceallach

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cellach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language