Gaeilge

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From older Gaedhilge, originally the genitive of Classical Gaelic Gaedhealg, Gaoidhealg, from Old Irish Goídelc.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Gaeilge f (genitive Gaeilge)

  1. (uncountable) Irish (the Gaelic language indigenous to Ireland, also known as Irish Gaelic)
  2. any Gaelic language

Declension

Declension of Gaeilge (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative Gaeilge
vocative a Ghaeilge
genitive Gaeilge
dative Gaeilge
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an Ghaeilge
genitive na Gaeilge
dative leis an nGaeilge
don Ghaeilge

Quotations

  • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart , volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 123:
    šḱŕīvn̥̄ šē n ʒēlǵə gə rī wȧ.
    He writes Irish very well.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of Gaeilge
radical lenition eclipsis
Gaeilge Ghaeilge nGaeilge

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “Gaeḋealg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 345
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Goídelc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch , Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 123
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 95, page 37

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Irish. Doublet of Gàidhlig.

Proper noun

Gaeilge f (genitive Gaeilge)

  1. the Irish Gaelic language
    Synonym: Gàidhlig na h-Èireann

Mutation

Mutation of Gaeilge
radical lenition
Gaeilge Ghaeilge

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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