gúal

See also: gual

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *goulos, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”), though the details are unclear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuːə̯l/

Noun

gúal m or f (genitive gúail or gúaile, no plural)

1. charcoal, coal

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• gúalach (“coal, charcoal”)
• gúalda (“coal-black”)

Descendants

• Irish: gual
• Manx: geayl
• Scottish Gaelic: gual

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
gúal	gúal pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/	ngúal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gúal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language