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{{bor|en|gd|Gàidheal}} (and later reinforced by {{der|en|ga|Gael}}, earlier spelled {{m|ga|Gaedheal}}, {{m|ga|Gaoidheal}}), from {{der|en|mga|Gaídel}}, from {{der|en|sga|Goídel||Irishman}}, a loanword from {{der|en|owl|Guoidel||wild man, warrior}} (also recorded as a personal name in the {{w|Book of Llandaff}}), from {{der|en|cel-bry-pro|*guɨðel||savage, woodsman}}, from {{der|en|cel-pro|*wēdelos||savage, woodsman}}, from {{der|en|ine-pro|*weydʰ-||wood, wilderness}} (cf. {{cog|ang|wāþ||hunt}}).<ref>{{R:cel:Matasovic 2009|page=408}}</ref>. |
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Medieval Irish traditions, including the ''{{w|Lebor Gabála Érenn}}'', trace the origin of the Goídels to an eponymous ancestor, {{w|Goídel Glas}}, but this is no longer held to be the ultimate etymology of the word. |
Medieval Irish traditions, including the ''{{w|Lebor Gabála Érenn}}'', trace the origin of the Goídels to an eponymous ancestor, {{w|Goídel Glas}}, but this is no longer held to be the ultimate etymology of the word. |
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English
Etymology
Scottish Gaelic Gàidheal (and later reinforced by Irish Gael, earlier spelled Gaedheal, Gaoidheal), from Middle Irish Gaídel, from Old Irish Goídel (“Irishman”), a loanword from Old Welsh Guoidel (“wild man, warrior”) (also recorded as a personal name in the Book of Llandaff), from Proto-Brythonic *guɨðel (“savage, woodsman”), from Proto-Celtic *wēdelos (“savage, woodsman”), from Proto-Indo-European *weydʰ- (“wood, wilderness”) (cf. Old English wāþ (“hunt”)).[1].
Medieval Irish traditions, including the Lebor Gabála Érenn, trace the origin of the Goídels to an eponymous ancestor, Goídel Glas, but this is no longer held to be the ultimate etymology of the word.
Noun
Gael (plural Gaels)
- A member of an ethnic group in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man, whose language is one that is Gaelic.
- 1911 The Great Gaels of Ireland
- are the men that God made mad,
- For all their wars are merry
- and all their songs are sad.
- The Ballad of the White Horse, G.K. Chesterton
Translations
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 408
Anagrams
Irish
Alternative forms
- Gaedheal (Ulster, otherwise superseded)
Etymology
From Old Irish Goídel, from Old Welsh Guoidel (“wild man, warrior”) (compare Welsh Gwyddel (“Irishman”)), from Proto-Brythonic *guɨðel, from Proto-Celtic *wēdus (“wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *weydʰ- (“wood, wilderness”) (compare Old English wāþ (“hunt”)).[1] Replaced native terms féni (“class of landed Irish freemen”) and fénechas (“matters pertaining to the féni”), though these words survive as féine and féineachas, respectively, and derive ultimately from the same root.
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
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parameter) IPA(key): /ɡeːlˠ/
Noun
Gael m (genitive singular Gaeil, nominative plural Gaeil)
- Gael, Irish person
- (Scottish) Highlander
Declension
Synonyms
- (Highlander): Híleantóir
Derived terms
- Gaeilge f, Gaelainn (“the Irish language”)
- Gaelach (“Irish; attached to the Irish language, to Irish culture”)
- Gaelaigh (“Gaelicize”, verb)
- Gaeltacht f (“Irishry; Irish(-speaking) people; Irish-speaking area; Gaelic-speaking area of Scotland”)
- Gaelú m (“Gaelicization”)
Mutation
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 408
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Gael”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Goídel”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- English terms borrowed from Scottish Gaelic
- English terms derived from Scottish Gaelic
- English terms derived from Irish
- English terms derived from Middle Irish
- English terms derived from Old Irish
- English terms derived from Old Welsh
- English terms derived from Proto-Brythonic
- English terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Welsh
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Brythonic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish first-declension nouns
- ga:Nationalities