gual

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See also: gúal

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vadum, with influence of Germanic, compare Italian guado (ford).

Pronunciation

Noun

gual m (plural guals)

  1. ford (a location where a stream is shallow)
  2. dip (a lower section of a road)

Further reading

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish gúal (charcoal, coal),[1] from Proto-Celtic *goulos, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵwelH- (to burn, shine), though the details are unclear.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

gual m (genitive singular guail)

  1. coal

Declension

Declension of gual (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative gual
vocative a ghuail
genitive guail
dative gual
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an gual
genitive an ghuail
dative leis an ngual
don ghual

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of gual
radical lenition eclipsis
gual ghual ngual

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gúal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gowlo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 165
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 209, page 105
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 130

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish gúal (charcoal, coal), from Proto-Celtic *goulos, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵwelH- (to burn, shine), though the details are unclear.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

gual m (genitive singular guail, no plural)

  1. coal

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gowlo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 165
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “gual”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gúal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language