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geal

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English gelen, from Old French geler, from Latin gelāre, from gelu. See gelid. Scots jeel, geal.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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geal (third-person singular simple present geals, present participle gealing, simple past and past participle gealed)

  1. (obsolete or Scotland) To congeal.

References

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Anagrams

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish gel,[1] from Proto-Celtic *gelos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (to shine).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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geal m (genitive singular gil)

  1. white, bright(ness)

Declension

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Declension of geal (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative geal
vocative a ghil
genitive gil
dative geal
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an geal
genitive an ghil
dative leis an ngeal
don gheal

Adjective

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geal (genitive singular masculine gil, genitive singular feminine gile, plural geala, comparative gile)

  1. white
    Synonym: bán
    Tá a craiceann chomh geal le sneachta.
    Her skin is as white as snow.
  2. bright
  3. clear
  4. (literary) fallow
  5. (figuratively) bright, pure; glad, happy; dear, beloved, fond

Declension

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Declension of geal
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative geal gheal geala;
gheala2
vocative ghil geala
genitive gile geala geal
dative geal;
gheal1
gheal;
ghil (archaic)
geala;
gheala2
Comparative níos gile
Superlative is gile

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Quotations

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  • 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:
    Tháinic sé colmáin gheala isteach ar an dorus, ⁊ shuidh siad ar philéir go robh an tAifrionn thart, ⁊ annsin chuaidh siad amach ar ais.
    Six white doves came into the door, and they sat upon a pillar till Mass was over, and then they went back out.
  • 2015 [2014], Will Collins, translated by Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, edited by Maura McHugh, Amhrán na Mara (fiction; paperback), Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Howth, Dublin: Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea (in English), →ISBN, page 1:
    Thuas i dteach an tsolais, faoi réaltaí geala, canann Bronach Amhrán na Mara dá mac Ben atá cúig bliana d'aois.
    [original: Up in the lighthouse, under bright stars, Bronach sings the Song of the Sea to her five-year-old son, Ben.]

Derived terms

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Verb

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geal (present analytic gealann, future analytic gealfaidh, verbal noun gealadh, past participle gealta)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to whiten, brighten; clear
    Gheal an spéir.
    The sky cleared.
  2. (transitive, intransitive, figurative) to make or become glad, happy, fond

Conjugation

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of geal
radical lenition eclipsis
geal gheal ngeal

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 gel”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 45, page 24
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 132

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish gel,[1] from Proto-Celtic *gelos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (to shine).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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geal (comparative gile)

  1. white, bright, pale
    Mas e 'n t-iasg do choinnlean geala, mas e na ròin do luchd-faire...If the fish are thy candles bright, if the seals are thy watchmen...

Declension

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Declension of geal (type I adjective)
masculine feminine plural
nominative geal gheal geala
genitive ghil gile geala
dative geal ghil geala
vocative ghil gheal geala

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of geal
radical lenition
geal gheal

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

See also

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Colors in Scottish Gaelic · dathan (layout · text)
     bàn, geal      glas      dubh
             dearg; ruadh              orains; donn              buidhe; donn
             uaine              uaine              gorm
             liath; glas              liath              gorm
             purpaidh; guirmean              pinc; purpaidh              pinc

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 gel”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath