gual

See also: gúal

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vadum, with influence of Germanic, compare Italian guado (“ford”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈɡwal]

Noun

gual m (plural guals)

1. ford (a location where a stream is shallow)
2. dip (a lower section of a road)

Further reading

• “gual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “gual”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “gual” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “gual” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuəl̪ˠ/, /ɡuəlˠ/

Noun

gual m (genitive singular guail)

1. coal

Declension

Declension of gual

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative gual Vocative a ghuail Genitive guail Dative gual

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an gual Genitive an ghuail Dative leis an ngual don ghual

Derived terms

• bád guail (“collier”)
• clochghual (“anthracite, hard coal”)
• féan guail (“corf”)
• fioghual (“charcoal”)
• gual donn (“brown coal, lignite”)
• gual glan (“clean coal”)
• gualach (“charcoal”)
• gualcha (“coal mine, colliery”)
• gualmhianach (“coal mine”)
• meall guail (“coal ball”)
• mianach guail (“coal mine, colliery”)
• mianadóir guail m (“coal-miner”)
• mianadóireacht guail f (“coal-mining”)
• pota guail (“collier”)
• síog ghuail (“coal seam”)
• soitheach guail (“collier”)
• tarra guail (“coal tar”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gual	ghual	ngual
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gual”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gúal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuəl̪ˠ/

Noun

gual m (genitive singular guail, no plural)

1. coal

Derived terms

• gualan
• mèinn-ghuail

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “gual”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gúal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language