Irish
Etymology
From English gallery, from Middle English galery, from Middle French gallerie, from Old French gallerie (“a long portico, a gallery”), from Medieval Latin galeria (“gallery”).
Noun
gailearaí m (genitive singular gailearaí, nominative plural gailearaithe)
- gallery (institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art; establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art)
- Synonym: dánlann
- gallery (browsable collection of images, font styles, etc.; roofed promenade along the wall of a building)
Declension
Declension of gailearaí (fourth declension)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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gailearaí
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gailearaithe
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| vocative
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a ghailearaí
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a ghailearaithe
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| genitive
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gailearaí
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gailearaithe
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| dative
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gailearaí
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gailearaithe
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Derived terms
- gailearaí ealaíne (“art gallery”)
Mutation
Mutated forms of gailearaí
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| gailearaí
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ghailearaí
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ngailearaí
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gaillér”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gailearaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN