Gall
English
Irish
Etymology
See gall.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɑːl̪ˠ/
Noun
Gall m (genitive singular Gaill, nominative plural Gaill)
- (historical) Gaul (person from Gaul)
- (historical) Northman, Dane (member of the Germanic tribe inhabiting the Danish islands and parts of southern Sweden)
- (historical) Norman (member of the mixed Scandinavian and French peoples who, in the 11th century, were a major military power in Western Europe and who conquered the English in 1066), Anglo-Norman (descendant of the Normans who settled in England after the Norman Conquest), Englishman
- Synonym: Normannach
- (by extension) Brit
- Synonyms: Briotanach, Sasanach
Declension
Declension of Gall
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- Dún na nGall (“Donegal”)
- Fine Gall (“Fingal”)
- Gall- (“Anglo-”)
- Gall-Ghael m (“person of mixed Irish and foreign descent”)
- Gall-Rómhánach (“Gallo-Roman”)
- Inse Ghall (“the Hebrides”)
- Nua-Ghall m (“later Anglo-Norman or English settler”)
- Sean-Ghall m (“older Anglo-Norman or English settler”)
Related terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| Gall | Ghall | nGall |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "Gall" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “Gall” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “Gall” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish gall (“foreigner”), from Latin Gallus (“a Gaul”), from a native Celtic name, the Gauls being the first strangers to visit or be visited by the Irish in Pre-Roman and Roman times. Compare Proto-Celtic *gallos (whence Welsh gal (“enemy, foe”)).
Noun
Derived terms
- Beurla Ghallta (“Scots”)
- Gallta (“alien, foreign; Lowland”, adjective)
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| Gall | Ghall |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
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