gandal

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ganndal m (“gander”), borrowed from Old English ganra (modern gander).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): [ˈɡaun̪ˠd̪ˠəl̪ˠ]

Noun

gandal m (genitive singular gandail, nominative plural gandail)

1. gander (adult male goose)

   Coordinate terms: gé, góislín

2. (figuratively) cackler, senseless talker

Declension

Declension of gandal (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative gandal gandail vocative a ghandail a ghandala genitive gandail gandal dative gandal gandail forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an gandal na gandail genitive an ghandail na ngandal dative leis an ngandal don ghandal leis na gandail

Derived terms

• coiscéim gandail (“goose-step”)
• gandal eala (“cobswan”)

 

Descendants

• → Yola: gandet, gandelt (preterite)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gandal

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gandal	ghandal	ngandal

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gandal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ganndal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gandal”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “gandal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024