gual
See also: gúal
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin vadum, with influence of Germanic, compare Italian guado (“ford”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈɡwal/
Noun
gual m (plural guals)
- ford (a location where a stream is shallow)
- dip (a lower section of a road)
Further reading
- “gual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “gual”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “gual” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “gual” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish gúal (“charcoal, coal”), from Proto-Celtic *goulos, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”), though the details are unclear.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡuəl̪ˠ/, /ɡuəlˠ/
Noun
gual m (genitive singular guail)
- coal
Declension
Declension of gual
First declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
| Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- bád guail (“collier”)
- clochghual (“anthracite, hard coal”)
- féan guail (“corf”)
- fioghual (“charcoal”)
- gualach (“charcoal”)
- gualcha (“coal mine, colliery”)
- gual donn (“brown coal, lignite”)
- gual glan (“clean coal”)
- gualmhianach (“coal mine”)
- meall guail (“coal ball”)
- mianach guail (“coal mine, colliery”)
- mianadóireacht guail f (“coal-mining”)
- mianadóir guail m (“coal-miner”)
- pota guail (“collier”)
- síog ghuail (“coal seam”)
- soitheach guail (“collier”)
- tarra guail (“coal tar”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gual | ghual | ngual |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*gowlo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 165
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gual”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gúal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish gúal (“charcoal, coal”), from Proto-Celtic *goulos, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”), though the details are unclear.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuəl̪ˠ/
Noun
gual m (genitive singular guail, no plural)
- coal
Derived terms
- gualan
- mèinn-ghuail
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*gowlo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 165
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “gual”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gúal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language