gael

See also: Gael, gáel, gäl, and Gaël

Dutch Low Saxon

Alternative forms

• gel
• geel

Etymology

From Middle Low German gēl, from Old Saxon gelo, gelu, from Proto-West Germanic *gelu. More at English yellow.

Adjective

gael

1. yellow

Noun

gael

1. yellow

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡeːl]
• Hyphenation: gael
• Homophone: gél
• Rhymes: -eːl

Adjective

gael (not comparable)

1. Gaelic (of or relating to the Gaels, the Celtic peoples of Scotland, Ireland, and the Manx, or their languages)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	gael	gaelek
accusative	gaelt	gaeleket
dative	gaelnek	gaeleknek
instrumental	gaellel	gaelekkel
causal-final	gaelért	gaelekért
translative	gaellé	gaelekké
terminative	gaelig	gaelekig
essive-formal	gaelként	gaelekként
essive-modal	gaelül	—
inessive	gaelben	gaelekben
superessive	gaelen	gaeleken
adessive	gaelnél	gaeleknél
illative	gaelbe	gaelekbe
sublative	gaelre	gaelekre
allative	gaelhez	gaelekhez
elative	gaelből	gaelekből
delative	gaelről	gaelekről
ablative	gaeltől	gaelektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	gaelé	gaeleké
non-attributive possessive - plural	gaeléi	gaelekéi

Noun

gael (countable and uncountable, plural gaelek)

1. Gael (a member of an ethnic group in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man, whose language is one that is Gaelic)
2. Gaelic (Goidelic; any Goidelic language or Scottish Gaelic in particular)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	gael	gaelek
accusative	gaelt	gaeleket
dative	gaelnek	gaeleknek
instrumental	gaellel	gaelekkel
causal-final	gaelért	gaelekért
translative	gaellé	gaelekké
terminative	gaelig	gaelekig
essive-formal	gaelként	gaelekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	gaelben	gaelekben
superessive	gaelen	gaeleken
adessive	gaelnél	gaeleknél
illative	gaelbe	gaelekbe
sublative	gaelre	gaelekre
allative	gaelhez	gaelekhez
elative	gaelből	gaelekből
delative	gaelről	gaelekről
ablative	gaeltől	gaelektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	gaelé	gaeleké
non-attributive possessive - plural	gaeléi	gaelekéi

Possessive forms of gael
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	gaelem	gaeljeim
2nd person sing.	gaeled	gaeljeid
3rd person sing.	gaelje	gaeljei
1st person plural	gaelünk	gaeljeink
2nd person plural	gaeletek	gaeljeitek
3rd person plural	gaeljük	gaeljeik

Further reading

• gael in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French Gaël.

Noun

gael m (plural gaeli)

1. Gael

Declension

declension of gael (singular only)

	singular
m gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) gael	gaelul
genitive/dative	(unui) gael	gaelului
vocative	gaelule

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ɡaːɨ̯l/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɡaːl/
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ɡai̯l/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɡaːl/

Verb

gael

1. Soft mutation of cael.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cael	gael	nghael	chael
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.