See also: Gaidheal

Scottish Gaelic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From 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

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Noun

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Gàidheal m (genitive singular Gàidheil, plural Gàidheil)

  1. Gael, Highlander

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of Gàidheal
radical lenition
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

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 408
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  4. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN, page 279