Irish

Alternative forms

• (Connacht) goil
• (barm, yeast, leaven): gabháilt

Noun

gabháil m ‎(genitive singular gabhála, nominative plural gabhálacha)

1. verbal noun of gabh
2. catch, seizure, capture; assumption (of authority); occupation (of territory); acceptance; undertaking; tolerance
3. fitting, adjustment; yoke, harness; attire; control; prop, support
4. (music, poetry) rendering
5. barm, yeast, leaven

Declension

Synonyms

• giosta ‎(“yeast”)

Derived terms

• gabhálach ‎(“taking, catching; receptive; contagious; gripping, grasping, occupying; possessive, avaricious”)
• gabhálacht ‎(“receptiveness, receptivity; contagiousness; graspingness, avarice”)

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