gaèlic
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See also: Gaelic
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English Gaelic, ultimately from Old Irish Goídel (“Gael”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ɡəˈɛ.lik]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ɡaˈɛ.lik]
Audio (Barcelona): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛlik
Adjective
[edit]gaèlic (feminine gaèlica, masculine plural gaèlics, feminine plural gaèliques)
- Irish (pertaining to Irish or the Irish language)
- Gaelic (pertaining to the Gaels or the Gaelic languages)
- Synonym: goidèlic
Noun
[edit]gaèlic m (plural gaèlics, feminine gaèlica, feminine plural gaèliques)
Proper noun
[edit]gaèlic m
- Irish (the Irish language)
- Synonyms: irlandès, gaèlic irlandès, (Valencian) irlandés, (Valencian) gaèlic irlandés
- Gaelic (the Gaelic family of languages)
- Synonym: goidèlic
Derived terms
[edit]- (Scottish Gaelic): gaèlic escocès, (Valencian) gaèlic escocés
- (Irish Gaelic): gaèlic irlandès, (Valencian) gaèlic irlandés
- (Manx Gaelic): gaèlic manx, (colloquial) gaèlic manès, (Valencian) gaèlic manés
Usage notes
[edit]When context is not sufficient to resolve the ambiguity with this term, the terms goidèlic (“Goidel, Goidelic”) and irlandès (“Irishman, Irish”) are preferred.
Further reading
[edit]- “gaèlic” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “gaèlic”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “gaèlic”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
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