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gabhail

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See also: gabháil

Irish

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Noun

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gabhail

  1. inflection of gabhal:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

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Mutated forms of gabhail
radical lenition eclipsis
gabhail ghabhail ngabhail

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

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish gabál, from Proto-Celtic *gabaglā; compare Welsh gafael, Irish gabháil.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gabhail m or f (genitive singular gabhalach, plural gabhalaichean)

  1. verbal noun of gabh
  2. lease

Declension

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Declension of gabhail (type Va feminine noun)
Indefinite
Singular Plural
Nominative gabhail gabhalaichean
Genitive gabhalach ghabhalaichean
Dative gabhail gabhalaichean
Definite
Singular Plural
Nominative (a') ghabhail (na) gabhalaichean
Genitive (na) gabhalach (nan) gabhalaichean
Dative (a') ghabhail (na) gabhalaichean
Vocative ghabhail ghabhalaichean

Mutation

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Mutation of gabhail
radical lenition
gabhail ghabhail

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

References

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  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  3. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
  4. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
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