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geal

English edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English gelen, from Old French geler, from Latin gelāre, from gelu. See gelid. Scots jeel, geal.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

geal (third-person singular simple present geals, present participle gealing, simple past and past participle gealed)

  1. (obsolete or Scotland) To congeal.

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Anagrams edit

Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish gel, from Proto-Celtic *gelos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“to shine”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɟal̪ˠ/, /ɟalˠ/

Noun edit

geal m (genitive singular gil)

  1. white, bright(ness)

Declension edit

Declension of geal

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative geal
Vocative a ghil
Genitive gil
Dative geal

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an geal
Genitive an ghil
Dative leis an ngeal

don gheal

Adjective edit

geal (genitive singular masculine gil, genitive singular feminine gile, plural geala, comparative gile)

  1. white
    Synonym: bán
    Tá a craiceann chomh geal le sneachta.
    Her skin is as white as snow.
    • 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:
      Tháinic sé colmáin gheala isteach ar an dorus, ⁊ shuidh siad ar philéir go robh an tAifrionn thart, ⁊ annsin chuaidh siad amach ar ais.
      Six white doves came into the door, and they sat upon a pillar till Mass was over, and then they went back out.
  2. bright
    • 2015 [2014], Will Collins, translated by Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, edited by Maura McHugh, Amhrán na Mara (fiction; paperback), Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Howth, Dublin: Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea (in English), →ISBN, page 1:
      Thuas i dteach an tsolais, faoi réaltaí geala, canann Bronach Amhrán na Mara dá mac Ben atá cúig bliana d'aois.
      [original: Up in the lighthouse, under bright stars, Bronach sings the Song of the Sea to her five-year-old son, Ben.]
  3. clear
  4. (literary) fallow
  5. (figuratively) bright, pure; glad, happy; dear, beloved, fond

Declension edit

Declension of geal
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative geal gheal geala;
gheala²
Vocative ghil geala
Genitive gile geala geal
Dative geal;
gheal¹ 		gheal;
ghil (archaic) 		geala;
gheala²
Comparative níos gile
Superlative is gile

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms edit

Verb edit

geal (present analytic gealann, future analytic gealfaidh, verbal noun gealadh, past participle gealta)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to whiten, brighten; clear
    Gheal an spéir.
    The sky cleared.
  2. (transitive, intransitive, figurative) to make or become glad, happy, fond

Conjugation edit

conjugation of geal (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present gealaim gealann tú;
gealair† 		gealann sé, sí gealaimid gealann sibh gealann siad;
gealaid† 		a ghealann; a ghealas /
a ngealann*; a ngealas* 		gealtar
past gheal mé; ghealas gheal tú; ghealais gheal sé, sí ghealamar; gheal muid gheal sibh; ghealabhair gheal siad; ghealadar a gheal /
ar gheal* 		gealadh
past habitual ghealainn / ngealainn‡‡ ghealtá / ngealtᇇ ghealadh sé, sí / ngealadh sé, s퇇 ghealaimis; ghealadh muid / ngealaimis‡‡; ngealadh muid‡‡ ghealadh sibh / ngealadh sibh‡‡ ghealaidís; ghealadh siad / ngealaidís‡‡; ngealadh siad‡‡ a ghealadh /
a ngealadh* 		ghealtaí / ngealta퇇
future gealfaidh mé;
gealfad 		gealfaidh tú;
gealfair† 		gealfaidh sé, sí gealfaimid;
gealfaidh muid 		gealfaidh sibh gealfaidh siad;
gealfaid† 		a ghealfaidh; a ghealfas /
a ngealfaidh*; a ngealfas* 		gealfar
conditional ghealfainn / ngealfainn‡‡ ghealfá / ngealfᇇ ghealfadh sé, sí / ngealfadh sé, s퇇 ghealfaimis; ghealfadh muid / ngealfaimis‡‡; ngealfadh muid‡‡ ghealfadh sibh / ngealfadh sibh‡‡ ghealfaidís; ghealfadh siad / ngealfaidís‡‡; ngealfadh siad‡‡ a ghealfadh /
a ngealfadh* 		ghealfaí / ngealfa퇇
subjunctive present go ngeala mé;
go ngealad† 		go ngeala tú;
go ngealair† 		go ngeala sé, sí go ngealaimid;
go ngeala muid 		go ngeala sibh go ngeala siad;
go ngealaid† 		— go ngealtar
past dá ngealainn dá ngealtá dá ngealadh sé, sí dá ngealaimis;
dá ngealadh muid 		dá ngealadh sibh dá ngealaidís;
dá ngealadh siad 		— dá ngealtaí
imperative gealaim geal gealadh sé, sí gealaimis gealaigí;
gealaidh† 		gealaidís — gealtar
verbal noun gealadh
past participle gealta

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
geal gheal ngeal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish gel, from Proto-Celtic *gelos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“to shine”).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

geal (comparative gile)

  1. white, bright, pale
    Ma 's e 'n t-iasg do choinnlean geala, ma 's e na ròin do luchd-faire... ― If the fish are thy candles bright, if the seals are thy watchmen...

Declension edit

Declension of geal (type I adjective)
Masculine Feminine Plural
Nominative geal gheal geala
Genitive ghil gile geala
Dative geal ghil geala
Vocative ghil gheal geala

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
geal gheal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also edit

Colors in Scottish Gaelic · dathan (layout · text)
     bàn, geal      glas      dubh
             dearg; ruadh              orains; donn              buidhe; donn
             uaine              uaine              gorm
             liath; glas              liath              gorm
             purpaidh; guirmean              pinc; purpaidh              pinc

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