gaol

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English gayole, gaylle, gaille, gayle, gaile, via Old French gaiole, gayolle, gaole, from Medieval Latin gabiola, for *caveola, a diminutive of Latin cavea (cavity, coop, cage).

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Wikipedia gaol (plural gaols)

  1. (Australian, New Zealand, Ireland) Preferred alternative spelling of jail.
  2. (UK) Alternative spelling of jail.

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gaol (third-person singular simple present gaols, present participle gaoling, simple past and past participle gaoled)

  1. (UK) To confine in a gaol; to imprison

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[edit] Irish

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From Old Irish gáel (relationship): Proto-Celtic *gailo-; compare Lithuanian gailùs (compassionate); Gothic gailjan (gladden), German geil (wanton); Greek φίλιος (fílios, friendly).

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gaol m.

  1. Relationship, kinship; kindred feeling.
  2. Relations, kin; relative.
  3. Relation between things, connection.

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First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gaol gaolta
Vocative a ghaoil a ghaolta
Genitive gaoil gaolta
Dative gaol gaolta

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an gaol na gaolta
Genitive an ghaoil na ngaolta
Dative leis an ngaol

don ghaol

leis na gaolta
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gaol ghaol ngaol
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Etymology

From Old Irish gáel (relationship): Proto-Celtic *gailo-; compare Lithuanian gailùs (compassionate); Gothic gailjan (gladden), German geil (wanton); Greek φίλιος (fílios, friendly).

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  • IPA: [ɡ̊ɯːɫ̪]

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gaol m. (genitive gaoil)

  1. love, affection
    tha gaol agam ort — I love you (literally "love is at me on you")
    ghabh i trom ghaol air - she fell madly in love with him

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The love expressed by gaol is more intimate in nature than that of gràdh.

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[edit] References

  • An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Alexander MacBain, Gairm Publications, 1982
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