"gaol" meaning in Irish

See gaol in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɡeːl̪ˠ/ [Munster], [ɡëːə̯l̪ˠ] [Munster], /ɡiːlˠ/ [Connacht], /ɡiːlˠ/ [Ulster], /ɡɯːlˠ/ [Ulster] (note: older)
Etymology: From Middle Irish gáel (“relationship”), from Proto-Celtic *gailos (compare Lithuanian gailùs (“compassionate”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gailjan, “gladden”), German geil (“wanton”)). Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|mga|gáel||relationship}} Middle Irish gáel (“relationship”), {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*gailos}} Proto-Celtic *gailos, {{cog|lt|gailùs||compassionate}} Lithuanian gailùs (“compassionate”), {{cog|got|𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽||gladden}} Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gailjan, “gladden”), {{cog|de|geil||wanton}} German geil (“wanton”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|gaoil|||||||nominative plural|gaolta|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} gaol m (genitive singular gaoil, nominative plural gaolta), {{ga-noun|m|gaoil|~ta}} gaol m (genitive singular gaoil, nominative plural gaolta) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: gaoil [genitive, singular], gaolta [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], nominative [indefinite], gaol [indefinite, singular], gaolta [indefinite, plural], vocative [indefinite], a ghaoil [indefinite, singular], a ghaolta [indefinite, plural], genitive [indefinite], gaoil [indefinite, singular], dative [indefinite], no-table-tags [table-tags], nominative [definite], an gaol [definite, singular], na gaolta [definite, plural], genitive [definite], an ghaoil [definite, singular], na ngaolta [definite, plural], dative [definite], leis an ngaol [definite, singular], don ghaol [definite, singular], leis na gaolta [definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], gaol [error-unrecognized-form], ghaol [error-unrecognized-form], ngaol [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. relationship, kinship; kindred feeling Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-gaol-ga-noun-QAuaZvKe
  2. relation, kin; relative Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-gaol-ga-noun-yh3lm7U3
  3. relation between things, connection Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-gaol-ga-noun-ueDz1G7U Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 40 5 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: salachar gaoil (english: distant relationship), neasghaol [next], gaolmhar (english: associated; relative, related; cognate)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "distant relationship",
      "word": "salachar gaoil"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "raw_tags": [
        "of kin"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "next"
      ],
      "word": "neasghaol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "associated; relative, related; cognate",
      "word": "gaolmhar"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "gáel",
        "4": "",
        "5": "relationship"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish gáel (“relationship”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*gailos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *gailos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "gailùs",
        "3": "",
        "4": "compassionate"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian gailùs (“compassionate”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽",
        "3": "",
        "4": "gladden"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gailjan, “gladden”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "geil",
        "3": "",
        "4": "wanton"
      },
      "expansion": "German geil (“wanton”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish gáel (“relationship”), from Proto-Celtic *gailos (compare Lithuanian gailùs (“compassionate”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gailjan, “gladden”), German geil (“wanton”)).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gaoil",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaolta",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nominative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaol",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaolta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vocative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a ghaoil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a ghaolta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "genitive",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaoil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nominative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an gaol",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na gaolta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "genitive",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an ghaoil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na ngaolta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an ngaol",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don ghaol",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na gaolta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaol",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ghaol",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ngaol",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "gaolta",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "gaoil",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "gaol m (genitive singular gaoil, nominative plural gaolta)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "gaoil",
        "3": "~ta"
      },
      "expansion": "gaol m (genitive singular gaoil, nominative plural gaolta)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "relationship, kinship; kindred feeling"
      ],
      "id": "en-gaol-ga-noun-QAuaZvKe",
      "links": [
        [
          "relationship",
          "relationship"
        ],
        [
          "kinship",
          "kinship"
        ],
        [
          "kindred",
          "kindred"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "relation, kin; relative"
      ],
      "id": "en-gaol-ga-noun-yh3lm7U3",
      "links": [
        [
          "relation",
          "relation"
        ],
        [
          "kin",
          "kin"
        ],
        [
          "relative",
          "relative"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "40 5 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "relation between things, connection"
      ],
      "id": "en-gaol-ga-noun-ueDz1G7U",
      "links": [
        [
          "relation",
          "relation"
        ],
        [
          "connection",
          "connection"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡeːl̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡëːə̯l̪ˠ]",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡiːlˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡiːlˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɯːlˠ/",
      "note": "older",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "gaol"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish first-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish masculine nouns",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Middle Irish",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "distant relationship",
      "word": "salachar gaoil"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "of kin"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "next"
      ],
      "word": "neasghaol"
    },
    {
      "english": "associated; relative, related; cognate",
      "word": "gaolmhar"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "gáel",
        "4": "",
        "5": "relationship"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish gáel (“relationship”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*gailos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *gailos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "gailùs",
        "3": "",
        "4": "compassionate"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian gailùs (“compassionate”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽",
        "3": "",
        "4": "gladden"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gailjan, “gladden”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "geil",
        "3": "",
        "4": "wanton"
      },
      "expansion": "German geil (“wanton”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish gáel (“relationship”), from Proto-Celtic *gailos (compare Lithuanian gailùs (“compassionate”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gailjan, “gladden”), German geil (“wanton”)).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gaoil",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaolta",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nominative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaol",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaolta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vocative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a ghaoil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a ghaolta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "genitive",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaoil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nominative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an gaol",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na gaolta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "genitive",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an ghaoil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na ngaolta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an ngaol",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don ghaol",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na gaolta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaol",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ghaol",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ngaol",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "gaolta",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "gaoil",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "gaol m (genitive singular gaoil, nominative plural gaolta)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "gaoil",
        "3": "~ta"
      },
      "expansion": "gaol m (genitive singular gaoil, nominative plural gaolta)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "relationship, kinship; kindred feeling"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "relationship",
          "relationship"
        ],
        [
          "kinship",
          "kinship"
        ],
        [
          "kindred",
          "kindred"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "relation, kin; relative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "relation",
          "relation"
        ],
        [
          "kin",
          "kin"
        ],
        [
          "relative",
          "relative"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "relation between things, connection"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "relation",
          "relation"
        ],
        [
          "connection",
          "connection"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡeːl̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡëːə̯l̪ˠ]",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡiːlˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡiːlˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɯːlˠ/",
      "note": "older",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "gaol"
}

Download raw JSONL data for gaol meaning in Irish (4.9kB)

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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "gaol",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/2457",
  "msg": "rejected heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, BUT the cleaned text is not in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Irish]; cleaned text: nominative",
  "path": [
    "gaol"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "gaol",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/2457",
  "msg": "rejected heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, BUT the cleaned text is not in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Irish]; cleaned text: genitive",
  "path": [
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  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "gaol",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "rejected heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, BUT the cleaned text is not in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Irish]; cleaned text: dative",
  "path": [
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  ],
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  "subsection": "noun",
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  "trace": ""
}

{
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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: gaol/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "gaol"
  ],
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "gaol",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
    "gaol"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "gaol",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
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  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "gaol",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-02-22 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-02-02 using wiktextract (9e2b7d3 and f2e72e5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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