gual
See also: gúal
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin vadum, with influence of Germanic, compare Italian guado (“ford”).
Pronunciation
Noun
gual m (plural guals)
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 Old Irish gúal (“charcoal, coal”), from Proto-Celtic, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷol-, from *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”). Compare English coal.
Pronunciation
Noun
gual m (genitive singular guail)
Declension
Declension of gual
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- bád guail, pota guail, soitheach guail (“collier”)
- clochghual (“anthracite, hard coal”)
- féan guail (“corf”)
- fioghual, gualach (“charcoal”)
- gual donn (“brown coal, lignite”)
- gual glan (“clean coal”)
- gualmhianach (“coal mine”)
- meall guail (“coal ball”)
- mianach guail, gualcha (“coal mine, colliery”)
- mianadóir guail m (“coal-miner”)
- mianadóireacht guail f (“coal-mining”)
- síog ghuail (“coal seam”)
- tarra guail (“coal tar”)
Mutation
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gual”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gúal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish gúal (“charcoal, coal”), from Proto-Celtic, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷol-, from *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”).
Noun
gual m (genitive singular guail, no plural)
Derived terms
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “gual”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gúal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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- Irish nouns
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- Irish first-declension nouns
- ga:Matter
- ga:Mining
- ga:Rocks
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
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- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
- Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns
- gd:Matter
- gd:Mining
- gd:Natural materials