Gaeilge

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From older Gaedhilge, originally the genitive of Classical Gaelic Gaedhealg, Gaoidhealg, from Old Irish Goídelc.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡeːlʲɟɪ/
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɡeːl̪ˠənʲ/, [ˈɡɰeːl̪ˠɪnʲ], [ˈɡɰeːl̪ˠɪɲ] (corresponding to the form Gaelainn or Gaedhlaing)
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈɡeːlʲɟɪ/, [ˈɡɰeːlʲɟɪ]
  • (Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɡeːlʲɪc/[3] (corresponding to the form Gaedhilg or Gaeilic)

Proper noun

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  1. the Irish language
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 123:
      šḱŕīvn̥̄ šē n ʒēlǵə gə rī wȧ.
      [Scríobhann sé an Ghaeilge go rí-mhaith.]
      He writes Irish very well.
  2. any Gaelic language

Declension
Declension of Gaeilge

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Vocative a Ghaeilge
Genitive Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Dative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an Ghaeilge
Genitive na Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Dative leis an nGaeilge

don Ghaeilge

Synonyms
  • (Irish language): Gaeilge na hÉireann
  • (Modern Irish): Nua-Ghaeilge

Derived terms

Mutation

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

References
  1. Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “Gaeḋealg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 345
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “Goídelc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 37

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Irish. Doublet of Gàidhlig.

Proper noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. the Irish Gaelic language
    Synonym: Gàidhlig na h-Èireann

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)Ghaeilge
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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