gabál

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gabaglā; compare Welsh gafael.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɡaβaːl]

Noun

gabál f

taking (into possession)
verbal noun of gaibid

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	gabál^L	gabáil^L	gabála^H
vocative	gabál^L	gabáil^L	gabála^H
accusative	gabáil^N	gabáil^L	gabála^H
genitive	gabálae^H	gabál^L	gabál^N
dative	gabáil^L	gabálaib, gabálib	gabálaib, gabálib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

All derivatives of gabál are feminine ā-stems. However, many of them also shared its tendency to have their dative singulars in -áil displace the nominative singular during or even before the Old Irish period.

Descendants

Middle Irish: gabáil
- Irish: gabháil, goil (Connacht), gabháilt (Munster)
  - → English: gwall
- Manx: goaill, goll
- Scottish Gaelic: gabhail

Mutation

Mutation of *gabál*
radical	lenition	nasalization
gabál	gabál pronounced with /ɣ-/	ngabál

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