Gaelach

See also: gaelach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • Gaedhealach (Ulster, otherwise superseded)
  • Gaedhlach, Gaeulach, Gaodhalach, Gaodhlach, Gaoidhealach (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Gael +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɡeːl̪ˠəx/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɡeːlˠəx/[2], /ˈɡeːl̪ˠəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɡeːlˠa(x)/, /ˈɡeːl̪ˠa(x)/

Adjective

Gaelach (genitive singular masculine Gaelaigh, genitive singular feminine Gaelaí, plural Gaelacha, comparative Gaelaí)

  1. Gaelic (relating to the Gaels or their language)
  2. Irish (pertaining to Irish Gaelic culture)
  3. (usually in lowercase: gaelach) native to Ireland; homely, pleasant; common, ordinary

Usage notes

Gaelach and Éireannach can both be translated “Irish”, but Gaelach refers specifically to traditional Irish Gaelic culture, historically associated with the Irish language. Éireannach refers to anything associated with the island or country of Ireland. Gaelach can also refer to Gaelic culture outside of Ireland, for example in Scotland, the Isle of Man, and the diaspora.

Declension

Declension of Gaelach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative Gaelach Ghaelach Gaelacha;
Ghaelacha2
vocative Ghaelaigh Gaelacha
genitive Gaelaí Gaelacha Gaelach
dative Gaelach;
Ghaelach1 		Ghaelach;
Ghaelaigh (archaic) 		Gaelacha;
Ghaelacha2
Comparative níos Gaelaí
Superlative is Gaelaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

  • aiteann gaelach (“dwarf whin”)
  • caife Gaelach (“Irish coffee”)
  • cló Gaelach (“Gaelic type”)
  • cnó gaelach (“hazel-nut”)
  • damhsa Gaelach (“Irish dancing”)
  • Gaelachas (“Irish characteristic(s)”)
  • míle Gaelach (“Irish mile”)
  • peil Ghaelach (“Gaelic football”)
  • rince Gaelach (“Irish dancing”)
  • stobhach Gaelach (“Irish stew”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Gaelach
radical lenition eclipsis
Gaelach Ghaelach nGaelach

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

References

  1. ^ “Gaelach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 123

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