Gàidhlig

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish Goídelc. Cognate with Irish Gaeilge and Manx Gaelg.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkaːlɪkʲ/
  • Hyphenation: Gàidh‧lig

Proper noun

Gàidhlig f (genitive singular Gàidhlig or Gàidhlige)

  1. Scottish Gaelic

Usage notes

Ball & Muller (2012) note that although Gàidhlig typically remains unchanged in the genitive singular, it is occasionally altered to Gàidhlige, perhaps as a hypercorrection.

Descendants

Adjective

Gàidhlig (nominative plural Gàidhlige, comparative Gàidhlige)

  1. Gaelic

Declension

Declension of Gàidhlig (type II adjective)
masculine feminine plural
nominative Gàidhlig Ghàidhlig Gàidhlige
genitive Ghàidhlig Gàidhlige Gàidhlige
dative Gàidhlig Ghàidhlig Gàidhlige
vocative Ghàidhlig Ghàidhlig Gàidhlige

Mutation

Mutation of Gàidhlig
radical lenition
Gàidhlig Ghàidhlig

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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