cill

English

Noun

cill (plural cills)

  1. Alternative form of sill

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cell, from Latin cella.

Pronunciation

Noun

cill f (genitive singular cille, nominative plural cealla)

  1. (obsolete) church
  2. churchyard
  3. (Christianity, biology, electricity) cell

Declension
Declension of cill

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cill cealla
Vocative a chill a chealla
Genitive cille ceall
Dative cill cealla

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an chill na cealla
Genitive na cille na gceall
Dative leis an gcill

don chill

 leis na cealla

Derived terms
  • aerchill f (“air cell”)
  • aoncheallach (“unicellular, single celled”)
  • Cill Airne (“Killarney”)
  • Cill Ala (“Killala”)
  • Cill Chainnigh (“Kilkenny”)
  • cill chriathrach (“sieve cell”)
  • Cill Dalua (“Killaloe”)
  • Cill Dara (“Kildare”)
  • Cill Fionnúrach (“Kilfenora”)
  • Cill Mhantáin (“Wicklow”)
  • Cill Mhic Duach (“Kilmacduagh”)
  • Cill Mhór (“Kilmore”)
  • cill shómach (“somatic cell”)
  • cill thirim (“dry cell”)
  • cilldeighilt f (“cell division”)
  • cillín m (“cell; hoard, nest-egg”)
  • cillscannán m (“cell membrane”)
  • cillsú m (“cell sap”)
  • cloch-chill (“stone cell”)
  • eachtarcheallach (“extracellular”)
  • fótaichill (“photocell”)
  • taisc-chill (“storage cell”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cill chill gcill
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cell, from Latin cella.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /cʰiːʎ/

Noun

cill f (genitive singular cille, plural cilltean)

  1. cell
  2. chapel
  3. churchyard
  4. burial ground

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
cillchill
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “cill”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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