Goídel

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See also: Goidel

Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Brythonic *Guɨðel (the ancestor of Welsh Gwyddel (Irishman)), from Proto-Celtic *weidus (wild), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (wood, wilderness).[1]

Medieval Irish traditions, including the Lebor Gabála Érenn, trace the origin of the Goídels to an eponymous ancestor, Goídel Glas, but this is not held to be the actual etymology of the word.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Goídel m (genitive Goídil, nominative plural Goídil)

  1. Gael

Inflection

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Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Goídel GoídelL GoídilL
Vocative Goídil GoídelL GoídeluH
Accusative GoídelN GoídelL GoídeluH
Genitive GoídilL Goídel GoídelN
Dative GoídiulL Goídelaib Goídelaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
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Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: Goídel, Gaídel

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
Goídel Goídel
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/
nGoídel
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

Further reading

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