Gàidhlig

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish Goídelc. Cognate with Irish Gaeilge and Manx Gaelg.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡ̊aːlikʲ/[1]
  • (Harris) IPA(key): /ˈɡ̊ɑːlikʲ/
  • Hyphenation: Gàidh‧lig

Proper noun

Gàidhlig f (genitive singular Gàidhlig or Gàidhlige)

  1. Scottish Gaelic language
  2. any of the three Gaelic languages

Usage notes

Ball & Muller (2012) note that although Gàidhlig typically remains unchanged in the genitive singular, it is occasionally altered to Gàidhlige, perhaps as a hypercorrection.

Descendants

Mutation

Mutation of Gàidhlig
radical lenition
Gàidhlig Ghàidhlig

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

References

  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 17

Further reading

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