gealach
Appearance
See also: Gealach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish *gelach (“moon”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic gealach and Manx giallagh.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /ɟəˈl̪ˠɑx/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɟalˠəx/, /ˈɟal̪ˠəx/[1]
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈɟæl̪ˠəx/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɟalˠa(x)/, /ˈɟal̪ˠa(x)/
Noun
[edit]gealach f (genitive singular gealaí, nominative plural gealacha)
- (astronomy) moon
- brightness (as of moon), moonlight
- white outer ring of boiled potato
- Synonym: gealach phráta
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- aghaidh na gealaí
- bugaí gealaí
- carr gealaí
- céim na gealaí
- ceo gealaí
- ciogal gealaí
- corrán gealaí
- cráitéar gealaí
- crith gealaí
- cúlú gealaí
- cúrsa na gealaí
- damhsa na gealaí
- deireadh gealaí
- Dónall na gealaí
- dreach gealaí
- éiclips na gealaí
- éirí na gealaí
- féilire na gealaí
- ga gealaí
- gealach bháiteach
- gealach chraorag
- gealach dheirceach
- gealach lán
- gealach na gcoinleach
- gealach na gcoinlíní
- gealach nua
- gealach thláith
- gealach úr
- lá gealaí
- leath gealaí
- líonadh gealaí
- lus na gealaí
- mí ghealaí
- misean chun na gealaí
- misean gealaí
- modúl gealaí
- nód gealaí
- oíche ghealaí
- oíche ré gealaí
- rince na gealaí
- sailchuach na gealaí
- Seán na gealaí
- solas na gealaí
- spéirghealach
- tírdhreach gealaí
- tús gealaí
- uabhar na gealaí
- urú gealaí
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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gealach | ghealach | ngealach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 132
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gealach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gealach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “gealach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish *gelach (“moon”). Cognate with Irish gealach and Manx giallagh.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gealach f (genitive singular gealaich, plural gealaichean)
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
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- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
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- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish feminine nouns
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- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Middle Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
- Scottish Gaelic feminine nouns