Gaoidhealg

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Classical Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish Goídelc.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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

Declension

Gaoidhealg, f., ā-stem
Case/Number Singular
Nominative an Ghaoidhealg
Vocative a Ghaoidhealg
Accusative gan an nGaoidhilg
Genitive na Gaoidhilge
Dative don Ghaoidhilg

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

Further reading

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Goídelc.

Proper noun

Gaoidhealg f (genitive Gaoidhilge)

  1. Obsolete form of Gaeilge.

Declension

Declension of Gaoidhealg (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative Gaoidhealg
vocative a Ghaoidhealg
genitive Gaoidhilge
dative Gaoidhilg
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an Ghaoidhealg
genitive na Gaoidhilge
dative leis an nGaoidhilg
don Ghaoidhilg

Mutation

Mutated forms of Gaoidhealg
radical lenition eclipsis
Gaoidhealg Ghaoidhealg nGaoidhealg

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

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