Sekirov Dictionary

ceilidh

/ˈkeɪli/

verb 2
noun 2
forms 6

verb[before a noun]2

To attend a ceilidh.
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To dance a ceilidh dance.
- Nightly the scratch of fiddles and the thud of a reel-set staccatoed the timbers [of the ship sailing from Londonderry to Boston], as the peasant Irish ceilidhed their way to 'Amerikay'. — 2001

noun[before a noun]2

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(Ireland, Scotland) An informal social gathering, especially one where traditional Irish or Scottish folk music is played, with dancing and storytelling.
- [A]ll the details of it are recited with minute exactness around the fireside during the winter ceilidhean. — 1916
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(Ireland, Scotland) Ellipsis of ceilidh dance.
- Looking for the Possible Dance [by Alison Louise Kennedy] sets up the 'dance', the ceilidh, as a site of personal and possibly national salvation, but one plagued by insecurities. — 2009

forms

ceilidhed · ceilidhing · ceilidhs · ceilidhean · cèilidhs · céilidhs

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