gúal
See also: gual
Middle Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *goulos, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”), though the details are unclear.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡuːə̯l/
Noun
gúal m or f (genitive gúail or gúaile, no plural)
- charcoal, coal
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- gúalach (“coal, charcoal”)
- gúalda (“coal-black”)
Descendants
- Irish: gual
- Manx: geayl
- Scottish Gaelic: gual
Mutation
| Middle Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| gúal | gúal pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ | ngúal |
| 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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gúal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language