gúal

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See also: gual

Middle Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *goulos, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵwelH- (to burn, shine), though the details are unclear.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

gúal m or f (genitive gúail or gúaile, no plural)

  1. charcoal, coal

Inflection[edit]

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Irish: gual
  • Manx: geayl
  • Scottish Gaelic: gual

Mutation[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gowlo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 165

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