English

Noun

Gael ‎(plural Gaels)

1. A member of an ethnic group in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man, whose language is one that is Gaelic.

   1911 The Great Gaels of Ireland

   are the men that God made mad,

   For all their wars are merry

   and all their songs are sad.

   The Ballad of the White Horse, G.K. Chesterton

Translations

Anagrams

• gale

References

1. ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, ISBN 978-90-04-17336-1, page 408

Irish

Alternative forms

• Gaedheal (Ulster, otherwise superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish Goídel, from the Brythonic ancestor of Welsh gwyddel ‎(“Irishman”), from Proto-Brythonic *geidelo-, from Proto-Celtic *wēdus ‎(“wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *weydʰ- ‎(“wood, wilderness”) (compare Old English wāþ ‎(“hunt”)).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡeːlˠ/

Noun

Gael m ‎(genitive singular Gaeil, nominative plural Gaeil)

1. Gael, Irish person
2. (Scottish) Highlander

Declension

Synonyms

• (Highlander): Híleantóir

Derived terms

• Gaeilge f, Gaelainn ‎(“the Irish language”)
• Gaelach ‎(“Irish; attached to the Irish language, to Irish culture”)
• Gaelaigh ‎(“Gaelicize”, verb)
• Gaeltacht f ‎(“Irishry; Irish(-speaking) people; Irish-speaking area; Gaelic-speaking area of Scotland”)
• Gaelú m ‎(“Gaelicization”)

Mutation

References

1. ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, ISBN 978-90-04-17336-1, page 408

• "Gael" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “Goídel” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Dutch Low Saxon

Alternative forms

• gel
• geel

Adjective

gael

1. yellow

Noun

gael

1. yellow

Welsh

Verb

gael

1. Soft mutation of cael.

Mutation