ceilidh
An informal social gathering, especially one where traditional Irish or Scottish folk…An informal social gathering, especially one where traditional Irish or Scottish folk music is played, with dancing and storytelling.
» Aren’t they going to the ceilidh in the town?
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1 senses(Ireland, Scotland, also, attributive)An informal social gathering, especially one where traditional Irish or Scottish folk music is played, with dancing and storytelling.
Céilí
кейлиkejli
an informal social gathering at which there is Scottish or Irish folk music and singing and folk dancing and story telling
Examples
1 sentencesAren’t they going to the ceilidh in the town?
Translations
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Origin
The noun is borrowed from Scottish Gaelic cèilidh (“a pilgrimage; a social call, visit; aThe noun is borrowed from Scottish Gaelic cèilidh (“a pilgrimage; a social call, visit; a sojourn; a social gathering with dancing, etc., ceilidh”) and Irish célidhe (archaic), céilí (“a social call, visit; a social gathering with dancing, etc., ceilidh”), both from Old Irish célide (“social call, visit”), from céile (“companion, fellow; neighbour”) (ultimately from Proto-Celtic *kēiliyos (“companion; servant”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to settle”)) + -ide.
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Forms
plural: ceilidhs / ceilidheanWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
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