{"id":6599,"date":"2022-05-14T11:15:02","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T10:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=6599"},"modified":"2022-05-14T11:15:03","modified_gmt":"2022-05-14T10:15:03","slug":"mind-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2022\/05\/14\/mind-sense\/","title":{"rendered":"Mind Sense"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we’re looking at the words for mind<\/strong>, sense<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n

\"Mind,<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n*k\u02b7\u0113sl\u0101<\/strong> = mind; sense, wisdom, intelligence; meaning<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\nc\u00edall<\/strong> [k\u02b2i\u02d0a\u032fl\u0348] = sense, intelligence, mind; wisdom, good sense, skill; intention, cause, reason, idea; signification, meaning, function<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\nciall<\/strong> [ki\u0259l\u032a\u02e0\/k\u02b2al\u032a\u02e0] = sense, sanity; normal state of mind; common sense; perception; meaning; reason, cause
\nciallaigh<\/strong> = to mean, signify; explain, interpret
\nciallchogar<\/strong> = confidential whisper
\nciallmhaireacht<\/strong> = sensibleness, reasonableness
\nciallmhar<\/strong> = sensible, reasonable, common sense
\naingiall<\/strong> = unreason
\nfochiall<\/strong> = secondary meaning, connotation
\ngan chiall<\/strong> = meaningless, misguided, unmeaning, callow, lunatic, senseless, silly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\nciall<\/strong> [k\u02b2i\u0259l\u032a\u02e0] = meaning, sense, significance, connotation, implication, understanding, reason
\nciallach<\/strong> = prudent, sensible, sane, tame
\nciallaich<\/strong> = to mean, signify, imply
\ngun chiall<\/strong> = without sense, senseless, insane
\neu-c\u00e9illidheachd<\/strong> = insanity, madness, irrationality, foolishness<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\nkeeall<\/strong> = sense, significance
\nkeeaylagh<\/strong> = eloquent, prudent
\nmeecheeall<\/strong> = senselessness
\nmeecheeallagh<\/strong> = senseless, unadvisedly
\nbun-cheeal<\/strong> = moral
\ngyn keeall<\/strong> = unmeaning, senseless<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n*pu\u0268ll<\/strong> = mind; sense, wisdom, intelligence; meaning<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\npuil, puilh<\/strong> = deliberation, consideration, care, caution<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\npwyll<\/strong> [pu\u02d0\u0268\u032f\u026c \/ p\u028ai\u032f\u026c] = deliberation, consideration, care, caution; discretion, prudence, wisdom, patience, understanding, intelligence, perception, judgement; nature, disposition; meaning, significance, sense
\npwyll(i)ad<\/strong> = intention, intent, goal, aim, design
\npwyllaf, pwyllo<\/strong> = to exercise discretion, deliberate, consider, contemplate
\npwyllgor<\/strong> = committee, meeting
\npwyllog<\/strong> = discreet, wise, intelligent, sane, rational, reasonable
\npwyllwr, pwyllwraig<\/strong> = discreet, sensible or wise person
\ngan bwyll<\/strong> = gently, gradually, carefully, slowly
\niawnbwyll<\/strong> = sanity, saneness, sane, sensible
\no\u2019i bwyll<\/strong> = out of one\u2019s mind, beside oneself, insane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\npoll<\/strong> = intelligence, reason
\npollek<\/strong> = brainy, intelligent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\npoell<\/strong> = logical, logic
\npoellata<\/strong> = to reason, argue
\npoellakaat<\/strong> = to rationalize
\npoellel<\/strong> = logical, logic
\npoellelour<\/strong> = rationalist
\npoellgor<\/strong> = committee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Etymology<\/strong> from the Proto-Indo-European *k\u02b7eyt-<\/em> (to notice) [source<\/a>].<\/p>\n

Words from the same PIE root include \u010d\u00edst<\/strong> (to read) and \u010d\u00edtat<\/strong> (to count) in Czech, \u0161\u0137ist<\/strong> (to seem, appear) and skait\u012bt<\/strong> (to count) in Latvian, skait\u00fdti<\/strong> (to read) in Lithuanian, and \u091a\u093f\u0924\u094d\u0924<\/strong> [t\u0361\u0283\u026at\u032at\u032a] (mind, heart) in Hindi [source<\/a>].<\/p>\n

Words marked with a * are reconstructions.<\/p>\n

Sources: Wiktionary<\/a>, Am Faclair Beag<\/a>, Online Manx Dictionary<\/a>, Teanglann.ie<\/a>, eDIL – Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language<\/a>, In D\u00fail B\u00e9lrai English – Old Irish glossary<\/a>, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru<\/a>, Gerlyver Kernewek<\/a>, Gerlyvyr Cernewec<\/a>, Dictionaire Favereau<\/a>, TermOfis<\/a>, Le dictionnaire diachronique du breton<\/a>, Geriafurch<\/a>, English – ProtoCeltic WordList<\/a> (PDF), Etymological Dictionary Of Proto Celtic<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Today we’re looking at the words for mind, sense and related things in Celtic languages. Proto-Celtic *k\u02b7\u0113sl\u0101 = mind; sense, wisdom, intelligence; meaning Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) c\u00edall [k\u02b2i\u02d0a\u032fl\u0348] = sense, intelligence, mind; wisdom, good sense, skill; intention, cause, reason, idea; signification, meaning, function Irish (Gaeilge) ciall [ki\u0259l\u032a\u02e0\/k\u02b2al\u032a\u02e0] = sense, sanity; normal state of mind; common […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,26,75,19,20,111,21,3,36,109,110,22,77,7,27,71,10,70,11,12,67,13,23,43,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breton","category-kernewek-cornish","category-czech-cestina","category-english","category-etymology","category-hindi-","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-latin","category-latvian-latviesu-valoda","category-lithuanian-lietuviu-kalba","category-gaelg-manx","category-middle-english-englisch","category-middle-welsh-kymraec","category-nouns","category-old-english-aenglisc","category-old-irish-goidelc","category-old-norse-dnsk-tunga","category-proto-brythonic","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-germanic","category-proto-indo-european","category-gaidhlig-scottish-gaelic","category-verbs","category-cymraeg-welsh","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6599"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6601,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6599\/revisions\/6601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}