Gall
English
Proper noun
Gall (plural Galls)
- A surname
Breton
Pronunciation
Noun
Gall m (plural Gallaoued)
- (archaic) foreigner
- (dated) Gaul, Gaulish person
- Gallo-speaker
- Frenchman, Romance-speaking person not from Lower Brittany
Derived terms
Related terms
Inflection
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Mutation of Gall
Irish
Etymology
See gall.
Pronunciation
Noun
Gall m (genitive singular Gaill, nominative plural Gaill)
- (historical) Gaul (person from Gaul)
- (historical) Northman, Dane (member of the Germanic tribe inhabiting the Danish islands and parts of southern Sweden)
- (historical) Norman (member of the mixed Scandinavian and French peoples who, in the 11th century, were a major military power in Western Europe and who conquered the English in 1066), Anglo-Norman (descendant of the Normans who settled in England after the Norman Conquest), Englishman
- Synonym: Normannach
- (by extension) Brit
- Synonyms: Briotanach, Sasanach
Declension
Declension of Gall
Derived terms
- Dún na nGall (“Donegal”)
- Fine Gall (“Fingal”)
- Gall- (“Anglo-”)
- Gall-Ghael m (“person of mixed Irish and foreign descent”)
- Gall-Rómhánach (“Gallo-Roman”)
- Inse Ghall (“the Hebrides”)
- Nua-Ghall m (“later Anglo-Norman or English settler”)
- Sean-Ghall m (“older Anglo-Norman or English settler”)
Related terms
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Gall | Ghall | nGall |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Gall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Gall”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “Gall”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish gall (“foreigner”), from Latin Gallus (“a Gaul”), from a native Celtic name, the Gauls being the first strangers to visit or be visited by the Irish in Pre-Roman and Roman times. Compare Proto-Celtic *gallos (whence Welsh gal (“enemy, foe”)).
Noun
Gall m (genitive singular Goill, plural Goill)
Derived terms
- Beurla Ghallta (“Scots”)
- Gallta (“alien, foreign; Lowland”, adjective)
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
Gall | Ghall |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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