gandal

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ganndal m (“gander”), borrowed from Old English ganra (modern gander).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): [ˈɡaun̪ˠd̪ˠəl̪ˠ]

Noun

gandal m (genitive singular gandail, nominative plural gandail)

  1. gander (adult male goose)
    Coordinate terms: gé, góislín
  2. (figuratively) cackler, senseless talker

Declension

Declension of gandal (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative gandal gandail
vocative a ghandail a ghandala
genitive gandail gandal
dative gandal gandail
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an gandal na gandail
genitive an ghandail na ngandal
dative leis an ngandal
don ghandal 		leis na gandail

Derived terms

  • coiscéim gandail (“goose-step”)
  • gandal eala (“cobswan”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gandal
radical lenition eclipsis
gandal ghandal ngandal

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

References

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