Gall
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]- As an English, Scottish Gaelic, and Irish surname, of Celtic origin, from Gall (“foreigner”). This is in turn from Latin gallus, which has borrowings (many of which are surnames) in several European languages, such as Czech Havel, Polish Gawel.
- As a Hungarian surname, variant of Gál, itself from the Latin word.
Proper noun
[edit]Gall (plural Galls)
- A surname.
Breton
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin Gallus, see also Scottish Gaelic Gall.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Gall m (plural Gallaoued)
- (archaic) foreigner
- (dated) Gaul, Gaulish person
- Gallo-speaker
- Frenchman, Romance-speaking person not from Lower Brittany
Inflection
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unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | |
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singular | Gall | C'hall | unchanged | Kall |
plural | Gallaoued | C'hallaoued | unchanged | Kallaoued |
Derived terms
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[edit]Czech
[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Gall m anim (female equivalent Gallová)
- a male surname
Declension
[edit]Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]See gall.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Gall m (genitive singular Gaill, nominative plural Gaill)
- (historical) Gaul (person from Gaul)
- (historical) Northman, Dane (member of the Germanic tribe inhabiting the Danish islands and parts of southern Sweden)
- (historical) Norman (member of the mixed Scandinavian and French peoples who, in the 11th century, were a major military power in Western Europe and who conquered the English in 1066), Anglo-Norman (descendant of the Normans who settled in England after the Norman Conquest), Englishman
- Synonym: Normannach
- (by extension) Brit
- Synonyms: Briotanach, Sasanach
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]- Dún na nGall (“Donegal”)
- Fine Gall (“Fingal”)
- Gall- (“Anglo-”)
- Gall-Ghael m (“person of mixed Irish and foreign descent”)
- Gall-Rómhánach (“Gallo-Roman”)
- Inse Ghall (“the Hebrides”)
- Nua-Ghall m (“later Anglo-Norman or English settler”)
- Sean-Ghall m (“older Anglo-Norman or English settler”)
Related terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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Gall | Ghall | nGall |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 120
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 206, page 79
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Gall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Gall”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “Gall”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish gall (“foreigner”), from Latin Gallus (“a Gaul”), from a native Celtic name, the Gauls being the first strangers to visit or be visited by the Irish in Pre-Roman and Roman times. Compare Proto-Celtic *gallos (whence Welsh gal (“enemy, foe”)).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Gall m (genitive singular Goill, plural Goill)
Derived terms
[edit]- Beurla Ghallta (“Scots”)
- Gallta (“alien, foreign; Lowland”, adjective)
Mutation
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- Breton terms derived from Latin
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