Gàidheal

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish Goídel (Irishman), from the Brythonic ancestor of Welsh gwyddel (raider), from Proto-Celtic *wēdelos (savage, woodsman), related to Scottish Gaelic fiadh (deer) through native Goidelic development, from *wēdus (wild), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (wood, wilderness) (compare Old English wāþ (hunt)).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Gàidheal m (genitive singular Gàidheil, plural Gàidheil)

  1. Gael, Highlander

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Mutation[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 408