Gaeilge

Irish

Alternative forms

• Gaedhlaing
• Gaolainn
• Gaeilg
• Gaeilic

Etymology

From Early Modern Irish Gaedhilge, the genitive of Gaedhealg, from Middle Irish Gaoidhealg, from Old Irish Goídelc.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɡeːlʲɟə/

Noun

Gaeilge f.

1. The Irish language
   • 1899 Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, vol. II, page 123.

     Scríobhann sé an Ghaeilge go rí-mhaith.

     (He writes Irish very well.)

Declension

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative Gaeilge Gaeilgí Vocative a Ghaeilge a Ghaeilgí Genitive Gaeilge Gaeilgí Dative Gaeilge Gaeilgí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an Ghaeilge na Gaeilgí Genitive na Gaeilge na nGaeilgí Dative leis an nGaeilge don Ghaeilge leis na Gaeilgí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Gaeilge	Ghaeilge	nGaeilge
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Synonyms

• (Modern Irish): Nua-Ghaeilge

Related terms

• Gaeilgeoir

References

• "Gaeḋealg" in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.

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Scottish Gaelic

Proper noun

Gaeilge f. (genitive Gaeilge)

1. Irish (language)