Gàidheal
See also: Gaidheal
Scottish Gaelic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish Goídel (“Irishman”), from Proto-Brythonic *guɨðel (the ancestor of Welsh gwyddel (“raider”)), from Proto-Celtic *weidelos (“savage, woodsman”), related to Scottish Gaelic fiadh (“deer”) through native Goidelic development, from *weidus (“wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (“wood, wilderness”) (compare Old English wāþ (“hunt”)).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈɡ̊ɛː.əl̪ˠ/[2]
- (Harris, Uist) IPA(key): /ˈɡ̊ɛː.al̪ˠ/[3]
- (Barra) IPA(key): /ˈɡ̊æˑ.əl̪ˠ/[4]
- (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈɡ̊aː.ɪl̪ˠ/[5][6]
Noun
editGàidheal m (genitive singular Gàidheil, plural Gàidheil)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editMutation
editradical | lenition |
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Gàidheal | Ghàidheal |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
edit- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 408
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 85
- ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN, page 279
Categories:
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁weydʰh₁-
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Brythonic
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Goidelic languages
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
- Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns