gáel

See also: gael, Gael, and Gaël

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gailos (compare Lithuanian gailùs (“compassionate”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gailjan, “gladden”), German geil (“wanton”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɯːl/

Noun

gáel m (genitive gaíl, nominative plural gáelta)

1. relationship, kinship
2. relative, kin

Descendants

• Irish: gaol
• Scottish Gaelic: gaol

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
gáel	gáel pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/	ngáel
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), “1 gáel”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language