Gâl

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gal"

Welsh

Etymology

From Latin gallus. Probably ultimately from the same root as gallu (“to be able”), in which case a doublet of gâl (“enemy”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaːl/
  • Homophone: gâl (“enemy; goal”)
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Proper noun

Gâl f

  1. (chiefly historical) Gaul (a historical region of Western Europe referring to areas occupied by Celts during Roman times, roughly corresponding to modern France, Luxembourg, Belgium, most of Switzerland, and parts of Northern Italy (Lombardy), the Netherlands, and Germany west of the Rhine)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Gâl
radical soft nasal aspirate
Gâl Âl Ngâl unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “galnati”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 149-150
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