geayl

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Manx[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish gúal (charcoal, coal), from Proto-Celtic *goulos, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵwelH- (to burn, shine), though the details are unclear.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Northern Manx) IPA(key): [ɡiːl]
  • (Southern Manx) IPA(key): [ɡyːl], [ɡɯːl], [ɡuːl]

Noun[edit]

geayl m (genitive singular geayil)

  1. coal

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
geayl gheayl ngeayl
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gowlo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 165