Gaeilge

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Contents 1 Irish 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Quotations 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 References

[edit] Irish

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈgeːlʲɟə/

[edit] Noun

Gaeilge f. (variants Gaedhlaing, Gaolainn, Gaeilg, Gaeilic)

1. The Irish language

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Gaeilge Vocative a Ghaeilge Genitive Gaeilge Dative Gaeilge

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

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.

[edit] Quotations

• 1899 Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, vol. II, page 123.

  Scríobhann sé an Ghaeilge go rí-mhaith.

  (He writes Irish very well.)

[edit] Related terms

• Gaeilgeoir

[edit] References

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