gabhail

See also: gabháil

Irish

Noun

gabhail

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

Mutation

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈɡ̥ɔ.al/, /ˈɡ̥o.al/, /ˈɡ̥u.al/, [ˈɡ̥ʉ˧˥.al˥˩]
• (Harris) IPA^(key): /ˈɡ̥ɑ.əl/
• (Uist, Barra, Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ˈɡ̥a.al/, /ˈɡ̥a.əl/

Noun

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

1. verbal noun of gabh
2. lease

Declension

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

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.