geal
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English gelen, from Old French geler, from Latin gelāre, from gelu. See gelid. Scots jeel, geal.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]geal (third-person singular simple present geals, present participle gealing, simple past and past participle gealed)
References
[edit]- “geal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
[edit]Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish gel,[1] from Proto-Celtic *gelos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“to shine”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]geal m (genitive singular gil)
Declension
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Adjective
[edit]geal (genitive singular masculine gil, genitive singular feminine gile, plural geala, comparative gile)
- white
- Synonym: bán
- Tá a craiceann chomh geal le sneachta.
- Her skin is as white as snow.
- bright
- clear
- (literary) fallow
- (figuratively) bright, pure; glad, happy; dear, beloved, fond
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- aongheal
- bonn geal
- ceanngheal
- fíon geal
- geal-liath
- gealacán
- gealach
- gealán
- gile
- is geal leis an bhfiach dubh a ghearrcach féin (“beauty is in the eye of the beholder”, literally “the raven considers its own fledgling white”)
- plúr geal
- tae geal
Verb
[edit]geal (present analytic gealann, future analytic gealfaidh, verbal noun gealadh, past participle gealta)
- (transitive, intransitive) to whiten, brighten; clear
- Gheal an spéir.
- The sky cleared.
- (transitive, intransitive, figurative) to make or become glad, happy, fond
Conjugation
[edit]* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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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
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 gel”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ 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
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 132
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “geal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish gel,[1] from Proto-Celtic *gelos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“to shine”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]geal (comparative gile)
- 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
[edit]masculine | feminine | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | geal | gheal | geala |
genitive | ghil | gile | geala |
dative | geal | ghil | geala |
vocative | ghil | gheal | geala |
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]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
[edit]bàn, geal | glas | dubh |
dearg; ruadh | orains; donn | buidhe; donn |
uaine | uaine | gorm |
liath; glas | liath | gorm |
purpaidh; guirmean | pinc; purpaidh | pinc |
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 gel”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
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