gaol
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
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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Usage notes [edit]
Gaol was formerly the usual spelling, and is still preferred in some proper names. Most Australian newspapers use jail rather than gaol, citing either narrower print width or the possibility of transposing letters in gaol to produce goal. [1]
Synonyms [edit]
- See also Wikisaurus:jail
Verb [edit]
gaol (third-person singular simple present gaols, present participle gaoling, simple past and past participle gaoled)
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Irish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Irish gáel (“relationship”): Proto-Celtic *gailo-; compare Lithuanian gailùs (“compassionate”); Gothic gailjan (“gladden”), German geil (“wanton”); Greek φίλιος (fílios, “friendly”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
gaol m (genitive gaoil, nominative plural gaolta)
- relationship, kinship; kindred feeling
- relation, kin; relative
- relation between things, connection
Declension [edit]
Mutation [edit]
| 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. |
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Scottish Gaelic [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Irish gáel (“relationship”): Proto-Celtic *gailo-; compare Lithuanian gailùs (“compassionate”); Gothic gailjan (“gladden”), German geil (“wanton”); Greek φίλιος (fílios, “friendly”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: [ɡ̊ɯːɫ̪]
Noun [edit]
- love, affection
- tha gaol agam ort — I love you (literally "is love at me on you")
- ghabh i trom ghaol air - she fell madly in love with him
Usage notes [edit]
The love expressed by gaol is more intimate in nature than that of gràdh.
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References [edit]
- An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Alexander MacBain, Gairm Publications, 1982
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- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Medieval Latin
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