gabháil
See also: gabhail
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish gabál, from Proto-Celtic *gabaglā; compare Welsh gafael. By surface analysis, gabh + -áil, though this verbal noun itself is the origin of the suffix -áil.
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ɡvˠɑːlʲ/[1]
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɡawɑːlʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): (“yeast”) /ˈɡɔːlʲ/; (verbal noun of gabh) /ɡɔlʲ/, /ɡɔlˠ/, /ɡɔl̪ˠ/
Noun edit
gabháil m (genitive singular gabhála, nominative plural gabhálacha)
- verbal noun of gabh
- catch, seizure, capture; assumption (of authority); occupation (of territory); acceptance; undertaking; tolerance
- fitting, adjustment; yoke, harness; attire; control; prop, support
- (music, poetry) rendering
- barm, yeast, leaven
- Synonym: giosta
Declension edit
Declension of gabháil
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms edit
- gabhálach (“taking, catching; receptive; contagious; gripping, grasping, occupying; possessive, avaricious”)
- gabhálacht (“receptiveness, receptivity; contagiousness; graspingness, avarice”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
gabháil | ghabháil | ngabháil |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 43
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gabháil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “gabháil” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “gabháil” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.