Gael

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Irish Gael, alt. Gaol, from earlier Gaoidheal, cognate with Scottish Gaelic Gàidheal and Manx Gael, from Middle Irish Gaídel, from Old Irish Goídel (“Irishman”), a loanword from Old Welsh Guoidel (“wild man, warrior”) (also recorded as a personal name in the Book of Llandaff), from Proto-Brythonic *Guɨðel (“savage, woodsman”), from Proto-Celtic *weidelos (“savage, woodsman”), related to *weidus (“wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (“wood, wilderness”) (cf. Old English wāþ (“hunt”)). Doublet of Goidel, unrelated to Gaul or Gallia. Medieval Irish traditions, including the Lebor Gabála Érenn, trace the origin of the Goídels to an eponymous ancestor, Goídel Glas, but this is no longer held to be the ultimate etymology of the word. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡeɪl/ Rhymes: -eɪl Homophones: gale, Gail, Gayle === Noun === Gael (plural Gaels) A member of an ethnic group in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man, whose language is one that is Gaelic. ==== Translations ==== === Proper noun === Gael (plural Gaels) An unknown-gender given name. === References === === Anagrams === Gale, Lega, egal, gale, geal, lage, leag == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Gael, from Irish Gael, Old Irish Goídel. === Proper noun === Gael m a male given name == Irish == === Alternative forms === Gaedheal (Ulster, otherwise superseded) Gaoidheal (superseded) Gaol (Munster, in dialect writing) === Etymology === From Old Irish Goídel, from Old Welsh Guoidel (“wild man, warrior”) (compare Welsh Gwyddel (“Irishman”)), from Proto-Brythonic *Guɨðel, from Proto-Celtic *weidus (“wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (“wood, wilderness”) (compare Old English wāþ (“hunt”)). Replaced native terms féni (“class of landed Irish freemen”) and fénechas (“matters pertaining to the féni”), though these words survive as féine and féineachas, respectively, and derive ultimately from the same root. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡeːl̪ˠ/, /ɡeːlˠ/ === Noun === Gael m (genitive singular Gaeil, nominative plural Gaeil) Gael, Gaelic person (~ de chuid na hAlban) (Scottish) Highlander Synonyms: duine as an nGàidhealtachd, Híleantóir ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “Gael”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “Gael”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “Gael”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡaˈel/ [ɡaˈel] Rhymes: -el Syllabification: Ga‧el === Proper noun === Gael m a male given name == Welsh == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Gael, from Irish Gael, Old Irish Goídel. Doublet of Gwyddel (“Irishman”). === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɡaːɨ̯l/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɡai̯l/ === Noun === Gael m or f by sense (plural Gaeliaid) Gael, speaker of Gaelic ==== Related terms ==== Gaeleg (“Gaelic language”) Gaelig (“Gaelic”, adjective) === Mutation === === Further reading === Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “Gael”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[3], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN