Cill Droichid / Celbridge

Cill Droichid / Celbridge is a town on the River Liffey in County Kildare

Vocabulary:
cill = (historical) church
cill = (biological, electrical, ecclesiastical) cell
droichead = bridge
cill droichid = a church of a bridge

Grammar:
Forming plural forms in the Irish language is quite irregular. There are weak and strong plurals.
Weak plurals are formed by modifying a stem of a noun and/or adding a suffix – a.
droichead (bridge) > droichid (bridges)
cill (cell) > cealla (cells)
bróg (shoe) > bróga (shoes)
Very often singular nominative = plural genitive and singular genitive = plural nominative.
droichead = a bridge = of bridges
droichid = of a bridge = bridges
Strong plurals are formed using suffixes -í, -anna, -acha and -tha
comhartha (sign) > comharthaí (signs)
ceist (question) > ceisteanna (questions)
ainm (name) > ainmneacha (names)
glór (voice) > glórtha (voices)

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