Gall-Ghael

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish Gall-Goídel. By surface analysis, Gall +‎ Gael.

Noun

Gall-Ghael m (genitive singular Gall-Ghaeil, nominative plural Gall-Ghaeil)

1. person of mixed Irish and foreign descent; Anglo-Irishman

Declension

Declension of Gall-Ghael (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Gall-Ghael Gall-Ghaeil vocative a Ghall-Ghaeil a Ghall-Ghaela genitive Gall-Ghaeil Gall-Ghael dative Gall-Ghael Gall-Ghaeil forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Gall-Ghael na Gall-Ghaeil genitive an Ghall-Ghaeil na nGall-Ghael dative leis an nGall-Ghael don Ghall-Ghael leis na Gall-Ghaeil

Derived terms

• Gall-Ghaelach (“Anglo-Irish”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Gall-Ghael

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Gall-Ghael	Ghall-Ghael	nGall-Ghael

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Gall-Ghael”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN