gúal

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See also: gual

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *goulos, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”), though the details are unclear.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

gúal m or f (genitive gúail or gúaile, no plural)

  1. charcoal, coal

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: gual
  • Manx: geayl
  • Scottish Gaelic: gual

Mutation

Mutation of gúal
radical lenition nasalization
gúal gúal
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/		 ngúal

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gowlo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 165

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