Gaoidhealg

• Gáoidhealg

From Old Irish Goídelc.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡeːɣʲəlɡ/, /ˈɡeːjəlɡ/

Gaoidhealg f (genitive singular Gaoidhilge, dative and accusative singular Gaoidhilg)

1. Gaelic language, Irish
2. (grammar) pronunciation, spoken language as opposed to ogham (“spelling, written language”)
   • a. 1640, Eoin Mac Cárthaigh, editor, The Art of Bardic Poetry: A New Edition of Irish Grammatical Tracts I, published 2014, §2, ll. 80–3, page 56:

     ⁊ dlighidh dā phríomhlocht na soidélach do sheachna, (…) ⁊ an connsuine bháithtear do Gāoidheilg do dhénamh d’ogham san chomhfhocal

     and he should avoid the two cardinal faults of the peudo-knowledgeable, (…) and writing the consonant elided in pronunciation in a compound word

   • a. 1640, Eoin Mac Cárthaigh, editor, The Art of Bardic Poetry: A New Edition of Irish Grammatical Tracts I, published 2014, §50, ll. 555–6, page 88:

     Nī cōir na séimhighthe-sin náid a leithéide eile do rádh do Gāoidheilg, giodh cōir d’ogham íad

     Such lenition should not be expressed in pronunciation, though it is correct in writing

The unstressed vowel in the second syllable between slender consonants is often spelt ei in this word (don Gháoidheilg, na Gáoidheilge, etc.).

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Goídelc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “Gaeḋealg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 507; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN

From Old Irish Goídelc.

Gaoidhealg f (genitive Gaoidhilge)

1. obsolete form of Gaeilge

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Gaoidheal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Goídelc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language