"Gall" meaning in Old Irish

See Gall in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɡal̪/
Etymology: From Latin Gallus (“a Gaul”), probably from the root of Proto-Celtic *galnati (“to be able”). Etymology templates: {{der|sga|la|Gallus|id=Gaul|t=a Gaul}} Latin Gallus (“a Gaul”), {{der|sga|cel-pro|*galnati|t=to be able}} Proto-Celtic *galnati (“to be able”) Head templates: {{head|sga|noun|||genitive|Gaill|||||||nominative plural|Gaill||{{{pl2}}}||{{{pl3}}}|altform=|cat2=|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} Gall m (genitive Gaill, nominative plural Gaill), {{sga-noun|m|Gaill|Gaill}} Gall m (genitive Gaill, nominative plural Gaill) Inflection templates: {{sga-decl-o-masc|Gaill}}, {{sga-decl-noun|acc_du=Gall+L|acc_du2=|acc_du3=|acc_pl=Gallu+H|acc_pl2=|acc_pl3=|acc_sg=Gall+N|acc_sg2=|acc_sg3=|class=o-m|dat_du=Gallaib|dat_du2=|dat_du3=|dat_pl=Gallaib|dat_pl2=|dat_pl3=|dat_sg=Gall+L|dat_sg2=|dat_sg3=|gen_du=Gall|gen_du2=|gen_du3=|gen_pl=Gall+N|gen_pl2=|gen_pl3=|gen_pl4=|gen_sg=Gaill+L|gen_sg2=|gen_sg3=|n=|nom_du=Gall+L|nom_du2=|nom_du3=|nom_pl=Gaill+L|nom_pl2=|nom_pl3=|nom_sg=Gall|nom_sg2=|nom_sg3=|voc_du=Gall+L|voc_du2=|voc_du3=|voc_pl=Gallu+H|voc_pl2=|voc_pl3=|voc_sg=Gaill|voc_sg2=|voc_sg3=}}, {{sga-mutation}} Forms: Gaill [genitive], Gaill [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Gall [nominative, singular], Gall [dual, nominative], Gaill [nominative, plural], Gaill [singular, vocative], Gall [dual, vocative], Gallu [plural, vocative], Gall [accusative, singular], Gall [accusative, dual], Gallu [accusative, plural], Gaill [genitive, singular], Gall [dual, genitive], Gall [genitive, plural], Gall [dative, singular], Gallaib [dative, dual], Gallaib [dative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Gall [error-unrecognized-form], nGall [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. Gaul (person from Gaul) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-Gall-sga-noun-0C3vQmPf Categories (other): Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Demonyms, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 1 1 2 5 26 17 1 4 7 7 24 0 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 1 6 23 15 1 5 9 9 22 0 7

Alternative forms

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      "word": "Goal"
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        "genitive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Gaill",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Gallaib",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "mutation",
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        "table-tags"
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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        "11": "",
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        "17": "",
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        "4": "",
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        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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        "acc_pl3": "",
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        "acc_sg3": "",
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        "gen_pl3": "",
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        "nom_du2": "",
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        "nom_sg2": "",
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        "voc_du3": "",
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        },
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        "Gaul (person from Gaul)"
      ],
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      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡal̪/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Gall"
}

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      "lang_code": "gv",
      "word": "Goal"
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      "form": "Gaill",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
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    },
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      "form": "Gaill",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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        "genitive",
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        "class": "o-m",
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        "Old Irish masculine nouns",
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        "Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡal̪/"
    }
  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for Gall meaning in Old Irish (4.6kB)

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  "path": [
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "Gall",
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{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
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  "subsection": "noun",
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{
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nasalization'",
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