gandal

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ganndal m (“gander”), borrowed from Old English ganra (modern gander).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): [ˈɡaun̪ˠd̪ˠəl̪ˠ]

Noun

gandal m (genitive singular gandail, nominative plural gandail)

1. gander (adult male goose)

   Coordinate terms: gé, góislín

2. (figuratively) cackler, senseless talker

Declension

Declension of gandal

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative gandal gandail Vocative a ghandail a ghandala Genitive gandail gandal Dative gandal gandail

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an gandal na gandail Genitive an ghandail na ngandal Dative leis an ngandal don ghandal leis na gandail

Derived terms

• coiscéim gandail (“goose-step”)
• gandal eala (“cobswan”)

 

Descendants

• → Yola: gandet, gandelt (preterite)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gandal	ghandal	ngandal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gandal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ganndal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gandal”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “gandal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024