gaol

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Translations 1.4.3 Derived terms 2 Irish 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Declension 3 Scottish Gaelic 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Usage notes 3.3.2 Derived terms 3.3.3 References

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Northern Old French gaole (modern French geôle), from gabiola, a popular diminutive of Latin cavea (“‘cage’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʤeɪl/

  Rhymes: -eɪl

[edit] Noun

Wikipedia

gaol (plural gaols)

1. (British) Alternative spelling of jail.
2. (Australian, New Zealand) preferred Alternative spelling of jail.

[edit] Verb

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

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

[edit] Synonyms

See prison

[edit] Translations

See prison

[edit] Derived terms

• engaol
• gaoler

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ɡiːl̪ˠ] or [ɡeːl̪ˠ]

[edit] Noun

gaol m.

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

[edit] Declension

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.

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[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Etymology

Irish gaol (“‘kin, family’”), Early Irish gáel (“‘relationship’”): *gailo-; Lithuanian gailùs (“‘compassionate’”); Gothic gailjan (“‘gladden’”), German geil (“‘wanton’”); Greek φίλιος (fílios), “‘friendly’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: g̊ɯːɫ

[edit] Noun

gaol m.

1. love

   Tha gaol agam ort, a leannain mo chridhe.... — Literally, “Love is at-me on thee, O darling of my heart....”

[edit] Usage notes

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

[edit] Derived terms

• Tha gaol agam ort (“‘I love you’”)

[edit] References

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