gallóglach

Irish

Etymology

From Gall (“non-Gaelic person”) +‎ óglach (“warrior”).

Noun

gallóglach m (genitive singular gallóglaigh, nominative plural gallóglaigh)

1. (historical) gallowglass
2. (military) mercenary

Declension

Declension of gallóglach (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative gallóglach gallóglaigh vocative a ghallóglaigh a ghallóglacha genitive gallóglaigh gallóglach dative gallóglach gallóglaigh forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an gallóglach na gallóglaigh genitive an ghallóglaigh na ngallóglach dative leis an ngallóglach don ghallóglach leis na gallóglaigh

Descendants

• English: gallowglass

Mutation

Mutated forms of gallóglach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gallóglach	ghallóglach	ngallóglach

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) “gallóglach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gallóglach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “gallóglach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025