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English
Etymology
From Middle English gelen, from Old French geler, from Latin gelāre, from gelu. See gelid. Scots jeel, geal.
Pronunciation
Verb
geal (third-person singular simple present geals, present participle gealing, simple past and past participle gealed)
- (obsolete or Scotland) To congeal.
References
Anagrams
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish gel, from Proto-Celtic *gelos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“to shine”).
Pronunciation
Noun
geal m (genitive singular gil)
- white, bright(ness)
Declension
Adjective
geal (genitive singular masculine gil, genitive singular feminine gile, plural geala, comparative gile)
- white
- Synonym: bán
Tá a craiceann chomh geal le sneachta.- Her skin is as white as snow.
1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:Tháinic sé colmáin gheala isteach ar an dorus, ⁊ shuidh siad ar philéir go robh an tAifrionn thart, ⁊ annsin chuaidh siad amach ar ais.- Six white doves came into the door, and they sat upon a pillar till Mass was over, and then they went back out.
- bright
2015 [2014], Will Collins, translated by Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, edited by Maura McHugh, Amhrán na Mara (fiction; paperback), Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Howth, Dublin: Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea (in English), →ISBN, page 1:Thuas i dteach an tsolais, faoi réaltaí geala, canann Bronach Amhrán na Mara dá mac Ben atá cúig bliana d'aois.
- clear
- (literary) fallow
- (figuratively) bright, pure; glad, happy; dear, beloved, fond
Declension
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
Verb
geal (present analytic gealann, future analytic gealfaidh, verbal noun gealadh, past participle gealta)
- (transitive, intransitive) to whiten, brighten; clear
Gheal an spéir.- The sky cleared.
- (transitive, intransitive, figurative) to make or become glad, happy, fond
Conjugation
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singular
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plural
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relative
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autonomous
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| first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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| indicative
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present
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gealaim
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gealann tú;
gealair†
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gealann sé, sí
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gealaimid
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gealann sibh
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gealann siad;
gealaid†
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a ghealann; a ghealas /
a ngealann*; a ngealas*
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gealtar
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| past
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gheal mé; ghealas
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gheal tú; ghealais
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gheal sé, sí
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ghealamar; gheal muid
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gheal sibh; ghealabhair
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gheal siad; ghealadar
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a gheal /
ar gheal*
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gealadh
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| past habitual
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ghealainn / ngealainn‡‡
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ghealtá / ngealtᇇ
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ghealadh sé, sí / ngealadh sé, s퇇
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ghealaimis; ghealadh muid / ngealaimis‡‡; ngealadh muid‡‡
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ghealadh sibh / ngealadh sibh‡‡
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ghealaidís; ghealadh siad / ngealaidís‡‡; ngealadh siad‡‡
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a ghealadh /
a ngealadh*
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ghealtaí / ngealta퇇
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| future
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gealfaidh mé;
gealfad
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gealfaidh tú;
gealfair†
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gealfaidh sé, sí
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gealfaimid;
gealfaidh muid
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gealfaidh sibh
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gealfaidh siad;
gealfaid†
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a ghealfaidh; a ghealfas /
a ngealfaidh*; a ngealfas*
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gealfar
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| conditional
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ghealfainn / ngealfainn‡‡
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ghealfá / ngealfᇇ
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ghealfadh sé, sí / ngealfadh sé, s퇇
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ghealfaimis; ghealfadh muid / ngealfaimis‡‡; ngealfadh muid‡‡
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ghealfadh sibh / ngealfadh sibh‡‡
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ghealfaidís; ghealfadh siad / ngealfaidís‡‡; ngealfadh siad‡‡
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a ghealfadh /
a ngealfadh*
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ghealfaí / ngealfa퇇
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| subjunctive
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present
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go ngeala mé;
go ngealad†
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go ngeala tú;
go ngealair†
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go ngeala sé, sí
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go ngealaimid;
go ngeala muid
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go ngeala sibh
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go ngeala siad;
go ngealaid†
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—
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go ngealtar
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| past
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dá ngealainn
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dá ngealtá
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dá ngealadh sé, sí
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dá ngealaimis;
dá ngealadh muid
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dá ngealadh sibh
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dá ngealaidís;
dá ngealadh siad
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—
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dá ngealtaí
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| imperative
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gealaim
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geal
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gealadh sé, sí
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gealaimis
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gealaigí;
gealaidh†
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gealaidís
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gealtar
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| verbal noun
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gealadh
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| past participle
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gealta
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* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| geal
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gheal
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ngeal
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “geal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 gel”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 24
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish gel, from Proto-Celtic *gelos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“to shine”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
geal (comparative gile)
- white, bright, pale
- Ma 's e 'n t-iasg do choinnlean geala, ma 's e na ròin do luchd-faire... ― If the fish are thy candles bright, if the seals are thy watchmen...
Declension
Declension of geal (type I adjective)
Derived terms
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| geal |
gheal
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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