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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish Goídel (“Irishman”), from Proto-Brythonic *guɨðel (the ancestor of Welsh gwyddel (“raider”)), from Proto-Celtic *weidelos (“savage, woodsman”), related to Scottish Gaelic fiadh (“deer”) through native Goidelic development, from *weidus (“wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (“wood, wilderness”) (compare Old English wāþ (“hunt”)).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
Gàidheal m (genitive singular Gàidheil, plural Gàidheil)
- Gael, Highlander
Derived terms
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| Gàidheal |
Ghàidheal
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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