"geal" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

See geal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kʲaɫ̪/
Etymology: From Old Irish gel, from Proto-Celtic *gelos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“to shine”). Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|sga|gel}} Old Irish gel, {{inh|gd|cel-pro|*gelos}} Proto-Celtic *gelos, {{der|gd|ine-pro|*ǵʰelh₃-|t=to shine}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“to shine”) Head templates: {{head|gd|adjective|||||||||comparative|gile|||||||||f1accel-form=gen|s|m|f2accel-form=gen|s|f|f3accel-form=gen|s|f|f4accel-form=p|f5accel-form=comparative|f6accel-form=comparative|f7accel-form=comparative|f8accel-form=qualitative|f9accel-form=qualitative|head=}} geal (comparative gile), {{gd-adj|comp=gile}} geal (comparative gile) Inflection templates: {{gd-decl-adj-1|g|eal|il}}, {{gd-decl-adj-table|geal|ghil|geal|ghil|gheal|gile|ghil|gheal|geala|geala|geala|geala|type=type I adjective}}, {{gd-mut-cons|g|eal}} Forms: gile [comparative], no-table-tags [table-tags], geal [masculine, nominative], gheal [feminine, nominative], geala [nominative, plural], ghil [genitive, masculine], gile [feminine, genitive], geala [genitive, plural], geal [dative, masculine], ghil [dative, feminine], geala [dative, plural], ghil [masculine, vocative], gheal [feminine, vocative], geala [plural, vocative], no-table-tags [table-tags], geal [mutation, mutation-radical], gheal [lenition, mutation]
  1. white, bright, pale Categories (topical): Colors Derived forms: brù-gheal, curran geal, fìon geal, gealachd, marag gheal

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for geal meaning in Scottish Gaelic (4.6kB)

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "gel"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish gel",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*gelos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *gelos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵʰelh₃-",
        "t": "to shine"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“to shine”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish gel, from Proto-Celtic *gelos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“to shine”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gile",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gd-decl-adj-1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "I adjective",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geal",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gheal",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geala",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ghil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geala",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geal",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ghil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geala",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ghil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gheal",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geala",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gd-mut-cons",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geal",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gheal",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "10": "",
        "11": "comparative",
        "12": "gile",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "19": "",
        "2": "adjective",
        "20": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "f1accel-form": "gen|s|m",
        "f2accel-form": "gen|s|f",
        "f3accel-form": "gen|s|f",
        "f4accel-form": "p",
        "f5accel-form": "comparative",
        "f6accel-form": "comparative",
        "f7accel-form": "comparative",
        "f8accel-form": "qualitative",
        "f9accel-form": "qualitative",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "geal (comparative gile)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "comp": "gile"
      },
      "expansion": "geal (comparative gile)",
      "name": "gd-adj"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "g",
        "2": "eal",
        "3": "il"
      },
      "name": "gd-decl-adj-1"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "geal",
        "10": "geala",
        "11": "geala",
        "12": "geala",
        "2": "ghil",
        "3": "geal",
        "4": "ghil",
        "5": "gheal",
        "6": "gile",
        "7": "ghil",
        "8": "gheal",
        "9": "geala",
        "type": "type I adjective"
      },
      "name": "gd-decl-adj-table"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "g",
        "2": "eal"
      },
      "name": "gd-mut-cons"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "gd",
          "name": "Colors",
          "orig": "gd:Colors",
          "parents": [
            "Light",
            "Vision",
            "Energy",
            "Senses",
            "Nature",
            "Perception",
            "All topics",
            "Body",
            "Fundamental",
            "Human"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "brù-gheal"
        },
        {
          "word": "curran geal"
        },
        {
          "word": "fìon geal"
        },
        {
          "word": "gealachd"
        },
        {
          "word": "marag gheal"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If the fish are thy candles bright, if the seals are thy watchmen...",
          "text": "Ma 's e 'n t-iasg do choinnlean geala, ma 's e na ròin do luchd-faire...",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "white, bright, pale"
      ],
      "id": "en-geal-gd-adj-Fu8cR~Gi",
      "links": [
        [
          "white",
          "white"
        ],
        [
          "bright",
          "bright"
        ],
        [
          "pale",
          "pale"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "bàn"
        },
        {
          "word": "glas"
        },
        {
          "word": "dubh"
        },
        {
          "word": "dearg"
        },
        {
          "word": "ruadh"
        },
        {
          "word": "orainds"
        },
        {
          "word": "donn"
        },
        {
          "word": "buidhe"
        },
        {
          "word": "uaine"
        },
        {
          "word": "gorm"
        },
        {
          "word": "liath"
        },
        {
          "word": "purpaidh"
        },
        {
          "word": "guirmean"
        },
        {
          "word": "pinc"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʲaɫ̪/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "geal"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "brù-gheal"
    },
    {
      "word": "curran geal"
    },
    {
      "word": "fìon geal"
    },
    {
      "word": "gealachd"
    },
    {
      "word": "marag gheal"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "gel"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*gelos"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵʰelh₃-",
        "t": "to shine"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“to shine”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish gel, from Proto-Celtic *gelos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“to shine”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gile",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gd-decl-adj-1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "I adjective",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geal",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gheal",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geala",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ghil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geala",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geal",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ghil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geala",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ghil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gheal",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geala",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gd-mut-cons",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geal",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gheal",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "gd",
        "10": "",
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        "12": "gile",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "19": "",
        "2": "adjective",
        "20": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "f1accel-form": "gen|s|m",
        "f2accel-form": "gen|s|f",
        "f3accel-form": "gen|s|f",
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        "f5accel-form": "comparative",
        "f6accel-form": "comparative",
        "f7accel-form": "comparative",
        "f8accel-form": "qualitative",
        "f9accel-form": "qualitative",
        "head": ""
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      "name": "head"
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      },
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        "10": "geala",
        "11": "geala",
        "12": "geala",
        "2": "ghil",
        "3": "geal",
        "4": "ghil",
        "5": "gheal",
        "6": "gile",
        "7": "ghil",
        "8": "gheal",
        "9": "geala",
        "type": "type I adjective"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "eal"
      },
      "name": "gd-mut-cons"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "bàn"
    },
    {
      "word": "glas"
    },
    {
      "word": "dubh"
    },
    {
      "word": "dearg"
    },
    {
      "word": "ruadh"
    },
    {
      "word": "orainds"
    },
    {
      "word": "donn"
    },
    {
      "word": "buidhe"
    },
    {
      "word": "uaine"
    },
    {
      "word": "gorm"
    },
    {
      "word": "liath"
    },
    {
      "word": "purpaidh"
    },
    {
      "word": "guirmean"
    },
    {
      "word": "pinc"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        "Scottish Gaelic adjectives",
        "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Scottish Gaelic entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "Scottish Gaelic lemmas",
        "Scottish Gaelic links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms with usage examples",
        "gd:Colors"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If the fish are thy candles bright, if the seals are thy watchmen...",
          "text": "Ma 's e 'n t-iasg do choinnlean geala, ma 's e na ròin do luchd-faire...",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "white, bright, pale"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "white",
          "white"
        ],
        [
          "bright",
          "bright"
        ],
        [
          "pale",
          "pale"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʲaɫ̪/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "geal"
}

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