ciallach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cíallach. By surface analysis, ciall (“mind, sanity; sense, reason”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰʲiəl̪ˠəx/

Adjective

ciallach (genitive singular masculine ciallaich, comparative nas ciallaiche, superlative as ciallaiche)

1. rational, sensible

Derived terms

• aon-chiallach
• àrd-chiallach
• bun-chiallach
• co-chiallach
• dà-chiallach
• dìth-chiallach
• doi-chiallach
• eu-ciallach
• leth-chiallach
• mì-chiallach
• neo-chiallach
• saobh-chiallach

Related terms

• ciallaich (“mean”)

Mutation

Mutation of ciallach

radical	lenition
ciallach	chiallach

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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “ciallach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cíallach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language