ciogal

Irish

Etymology

From Late Latin cyclus, from Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos (“circle, wheel”).

Noun

ciogal m (genitive singular ciogail, nominative plural ciogail)

1. (literary, astronomy) (astronomical) cycle
2. (music) cycle

   Synonym: sraith

Declension

Declension of ciogal (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative ciogal ciogail vocative a chiogail a chiogala genitive ciogail ciogal dative ciogal ciogail forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an ciogal na ciogail genitive an chiogail na gciogal dative leis an gciogal don chiogal leis na ciogail

Derived terms

• cioglóideach

Mutation

Mutated forms of ciogal

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ciogal	chiogal	gciogal

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), “ciogal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “ciogal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025