ciallaich

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish cíallaigid. By surface analysis, ciall (“meaning”) +‎ -ich. Cognate with Irish ciallaigh and Manx keeayllaghey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcʰiəl̪ˠɪç/

Verb

ciallaich (past chiallaich, future ciallaichidh, verbal noun ciallachadh, past participle ciallaichte)

1. to mean

   Dè tha am facal seo a' ciallachadh? ― What does this word mean?

   Bha mi a' ciallachadh rudeigin eile. ― I meant something else.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ciallaich (regular)

stem		ciallaich
verbal noun		ciallachadh
past participle		ciallaichte
		independent		dependent
		active	passive	active	passive
past		chiallaich	chiallaicheadh	chiallaich	chiallaicheadh
future		ciallaichidh	ciallaichear ciallaichtear	ciallaich	ciallaichear ciallaichtear
conditional	1st singular	chiallaichinn	chiallaichteadh chiallaichist1 chiallaichiste1	chiallaichinn	chiallaichteadh chiallaichist1 chiallaichiste1
	1st plural	chiallaicheamaid chiallaicheadh sinn		chiallaicheamaid chiallaicheadh sinn
	2nd & 3rd	chiallaicheadh		chiallaicheadh
relative future		chiallaicheas	chiallaichear
imperative	1st singular	ciallaicheam	ciallaichear ciallaichtear
	2nd singular	ciallaich
	3rd singular	ciallaicheadh
	1st plural	ciallaicheamaid
	2nd plural	ciallaichibh
	3rd plural	ciallaicheadh

¹ Lewis dialect form

Combined conjugation of ciallaich (regular)

stem		ciallaich
verbal noun		ciallachadh
past participle		ciallaichte
		singular			plural			impersonal
		first	second	third m/f	first	second	third
independent	past	chiallaich mi	chiallaich thu	chiallaich e/i	chiallaich sinn	chiallaich sibh	chiallaich iad	chiallaicheadh
	future	ciallaichidh mi	ciallaichidh tu	ciallaichidh e/i	ciallaichidh sinn	ciallaichidh sibh	ciallaichidh iad	ciallaichear ciallaichtear
	conditional	chiallaichinn	chiallaicheadh tu	chiallaicheadh e/i	chiallaicheamaid chiallaicheadh sinn	chiallaicheadh sibh	chiallaicheadh iad	chiallaichteadh chiallaichist1 chiallaichiste1
negative	past	cha do chiallaich mi	cha do chiallaich thu	cha do chiallaich e/i	cha do chiallaich sinn	cha do chiallaich sibh	cha do chiallaich iad	cha do chiallaicheadh
	future	cha chiallaich mi	cha chiallaich thu	cha chiallaich e/i	cha chiallaich sinn	cha chiallaich sibh	cha chiallaich iad	cha chiallaichear cha chiallaichtear
	conditional	cha chiallaichinn	cha chiallaicheadh tu	cha chiallaicheadh e/i	cha chiallaicheamaid cha chiallaicheadh sinn	cha chiallaicheadh sibh	cha chiallaicheadh iad	cha chiallaichteadh cha chiallaichist1 cha chiallaichiste1
affirmative interrogative	past	an do chiallaich mi?	an do chiallaich thu?	an do chiallaich e/i?	an do chiallaich sinn?	an do chiallaich sibh?	an do chiallaich iad?	an do chiallaicheadh?
	future	an ciallaich mi?	an ciallaich thu?	an ciallaich e/i?	an ciallaich sinn?	an ciallaich sibh?	an ciallaich iad?	an ciallaichear? an ciallaichtear?
	conditional	an ciallaichinn?	an ciallaicheadh tu?	an ciallaicheadh e/i?	an ciallaicheamaid? an ciallaicheadh sinn?	an ciallaicheadh sibh?	an ciallaicheadh iad?	an ciallaichteadh? an ciallaichist?1 an ciallaichiste?1
negative interrogative	past	nach do chiallaich mi?	nach do chiallaich thu?	nach do chiallaich e/i?	nach do chiallaich sinn?	nach do chiallaich sibh?	nach do chiallaich iad?	nach do chiallaicheadh?
	future	nach ciallaich mi?	nach ciallaich thu?	nach ciallaich e/i?	nach ciallaich sinn?	nach ciallaich sibh?	nach ciallaich iad?	nach ciallaichear? nach ciallaichtear?
	conditional	nach ciallaichinn?	nach ciallaicheadh tu?	nach ciallaicheadh e/i?	nach ciallaicheamaid? nach ciallaicheadh sinn?	nach ciallaicheadh sibh?	nach ciallaicheadh iad?	nach ciallaichteadh? nach ciallaichist?1 nach ciallaichiste?1
relative future	affirmative	(ma) chiallaicheas mi	(ma) chiallaicheas thu	(ma) chiallaicheas e/i	(ma) chiallaicheas sinn	(ma) chiallaicheas sibh	(ma) chiallaicheas iad	(ma) chiallaichear
	negative	(mur) ciallaich mi	(mur) ciallaich thu	(mur) ciallaich e/i	(mur) ciallaich sinn	(mur) ciallaich sibh	(mur) ciallaich iad	(mur) ciallaichear (mur) ciallaichtear
imperative		ciallaicheam	ciallaich	ciallaicheadh e/i	ciallaicheamaid	ciallaichibh	ciallaicheadh iad	ciallaichear ciallaichtear

¹ Lewis dialect form

Related terms

• ciallach (“rational, sensible”)

Mutation

Mutation of ciallaich

radical	lenition
ciallaich	chiallaich

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