geal

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English gelen, from Old French geler, from Latin gelāre, from gelu. See gelid. Scots jeel, geal. === Pronunciation === enPR: jēl', IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒiːl/ Rhymes: -iːl === Verb === geal (third-person singular simple present geals, present participle gealing, simple past and past participle gealed) (obsolete or Scotland) To congeal. === References === “geal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Gael, Gale, Lega, egal, gale, lage, leag == Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish gel, from Proto-Celtic *gelos (“yellow, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɟal̪ˠ/, /ɟalˠ/ === 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 bright clear (literary) fallow (figuratively) bright, pure; glad, happy; dear, beloved, fond ==== Declension ==== ==== Quotations ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === geal (present analytic gealann, future analytic gealfaidh, verbal noun gealadh, past participle gealta) (ambitransitive) to whiten, brighten; clear (ambitransitive, figurative) to make or become glad, happy, fond ==== Conjugation ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “geal”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 523; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “geal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Old Irish gel, from Proto-Celtic *gelos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“to shine”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kʲal̪ˠ/, [kʲjɑl̪ˠ] === Adjective === geal (comparative nas gile, superlative as gile) white, bright, pale Mas e 'n t-iasg do choinnlean geala, mas e na ròin do luchd-faire... ― If the fish are thy candles bright, if the seals are thy watchmen... ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === bàn === Mutation === === References ===