a chéile
Irish
Usage notes
After a preposition ending in a vowel, the preposition and the a may contract in the usual way for a (“his”), or the a may be deleted (though its lenition effect on chéile remains):
- lena chéile or le chéile (“with each other”)
- óna chéile or ó chéile (“from each other”)
Derived terms
- as éadan a chéile
- i dteannta a chéile
- le chéile
- trína chéile
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 34
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “céile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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