gual
See also: gúal
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish gúal (“charcoal, coal”), from Proto-Celtic, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷol-, from *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”). Compare English coal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡuəlˠ/
Declension
Declension of gual
First declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- bád guail, pota guail, soitheach guail (“collier”)
- clochghual (“anthracite, hard coal”)
- féan guail (“corf”)
- fioghual, gualach (“charcoal”)
- gual donn (“brown coal, lignite”)
- gual glan (“clean coal”)
- gualmhianach (“coal mine”)
- meall guail (“coal ball”)
- mianach guail, gualcha (“coal mine, colliery”)
- mianadóireacht guail f (“coal-mining”)
- mianadóir guail m (“coal-miner”)
- síog ghuail (“coal seam”)
- tarra guail (“coal tar”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gual | ghual | ngual |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "gual" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “gúal” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish gúal (“charcoal, coal”), from Proto-Celtic, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷol-, from *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”).
Derived terms
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- “gúal” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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