gabhal
Irish
FWOTD – 16 June 2024
Etymology
From Old Irish gabul (“fork, forked branch”).
Pronunciation
Noun
gabhal m (genitive singular gabhail, nominative plural gabhail)
- fork (of a road)
- branch
- split
- crotch
- 1906, E. C. Quiggin, A Dialect of Donegal (overall work in English), § 40, page 18:
- vɛ:r̥ə m′ə kick sə ꬶo:l ꬶyd′, said by boys
- [Bhéarfaidh mé cic sa ghabhal dhuit]
- I’m going to kick you in the crotch.
- udder, bag (of a cow)
- 1906, E. C. Quiggin, A Dialect of Donegal (overall work in English), § 40, page 18:
- tα: go:l mαiç bwæN′ə ɛg′ ə wɔ: ʃïn′
- [Tá gabhal maith bainne ag an bhó sin]
- That cow has a good bag of milk.
- (cycling) bicycle fork
- (chess) fork
Declension
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Derived terms
Descendants
- → Fingallian: gebel
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| gabhal | ghabhal | ngabhal |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 121
- ^ Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925), Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt [Pronunciation of Northern Irish][1] (in Irish), Béal Feirste [Belfast]: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], section 22, page 11
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “gaḃal”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 504; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gabhal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN