Irish

Noun

aingeal m ‎(genitive singular aingil, nominative plural aingil)

1. (religion) angel
2. fire; lighted coal
3. (numismatics) angel-noble

Declension

• Irregular vocative plural: aingle

Derived terms

• aingeal an uabhair ‎(“fallen angel”)
• aingeal coimhdeachta ‎(“guardian angel”)
• ainglí ‎(“angelic”, adjective)
• ardaingeal ‎(“archangel”)

Related terms

• ainglíocht f ‎(“angelical quality”)

Mutation

References

• “1 aingel” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “aingeal” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 26.
• "aingeal" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish aingel, from Late Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος ‎(ángelos, “messenger”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈãĩŋʲkʲəl̪ˠ/

Noun

aingeal m ‎(genitive singular aingil, plural aingil or ainglean)

1. angel
2. messenger
3. (euphemistic) fire
4. (dated) light, sunshine

Derived terms

• àrd-aingeal m ‎(“archangel”)
• càr-aingeal m ‎(“guardian angel”)

Mutation

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 0 901771 92 9
• “1 aingel” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.