gual
See also: gúal
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin vadum, with influence of Germanic, compare Italian guado (“ford”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gual m (plural guals)
Further reading edit
- “gual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “gual”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “gual” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “gual” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish gúal (“charcoal, coal”), from Proto-Celtic *goulos, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”), though the details are unclear.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gual m (genitive singular guail)
Declension edit
Declension of gual
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms edit
- bád guail (“collier”)
- clochghual (“anthracite, hard coal”)
- féan guail (“corf”)
- fioghual (“charcoal”)
- gual donn (“brown coal, lignite”)
- gual glan (“clean coal”)
- gualach (“charcoal”)
- gualcha (“coal mine, colliery”)
- gualmhianach (“coal mine”)
- meall guail (“coal ball”)
- mianach guail (“coal mine, colliery”)
- mianadóir guail m (“coal-miner”)
- mianadóireacht guail f (“coal-mining”)
- pota guail (“collier”)
- síog ghuail (“coal seam”)
- soitheach guail (“collier”)
- tarra guail (“coal tar”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
gual | ghual | ngual |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gowlo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 165
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gual”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gúal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish gúal (“charcoal, coal”), from Proto-Celtic *goulos, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”), though the details are unclear.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gual m (genitive singular guail, no plural)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gowlo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 165
Further reading edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “gual”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gúal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language