gabál

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gabaglā; compare Welsh gafael.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡaβaːl]

Noun

gabál f

1. taking (into possession)
2. verbal noun of gaibid

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	gabálL	gabáilL	gabálaH
Vocative	gabálL	gabáilL	gabálaH
Accusative	gabáilN	gabáilL	gabálaH
Genitive	gabálaeH	gabálL	gabálN
Dative	gabáilL	gabálaib, gabálib	gabálaib, gabálib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

All derivatives of gabál are feminine ā-stems. However, many of them also shared its tendency to have their dative singulars in -áil displace the nominative singular during or even before the Old Irish period.

• athgabáil
• aurgabál
• congbál
• cumgabál
• dígbáil
• dingbáil
• fresgabál
• imgabáil
• indocbál
• ingabál
• ócbál
• tocbál
• torgabál
• turcbál

 

Descendants

• Middle Irish: gabáil
  • Irish: gabháil, goil (possibly)
    • → English: gwall
  • Manx: goaill
  • Scottish Gaelic: gabhail

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gabál”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language