"Gâl" meaning in Welsh

See Gâl in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ɡaːl/ Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], Gâl [error-unrecognized-form], Âl [soft], Ngâl [error-unrecognized-form]
Rhymes: -aːl Etymology: From Latin gallus. Probably ultimately from the same root as gallu (“to be able”), in which case a doublet of gâl (“enemy”). Etymology templates: {{der|cy|la|gallus}} Latin gallus, {{dbt|cy|gâl|nocap=1}} doublet of gâl Head templates: {{cy-proper noun|f}} Gâl f Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. (chiefly historical) Gaul (a historical region of Western Europe referring to areas occupied by Celts during Roman times, roughly corresponding to modern France, Luxembourg, Belgium, most of Switzerland, and parts of Northern Italy (Lombardy), the Netherlands, and Germany west of the Rhine) Wikipedia link: Brill Publishers Tags: feminine, historical Categories (place): Historical political subdivisions
    Sense id: en-Gâl-cy-name-Pf11h69j Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "source": "mutation",
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      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "form": "Gâl",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
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      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Ngâl",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "1": "f"
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          "Celt"
        ],
        [
          "Roman",
          "Roman"
        ],
        [
          "France",
          "France"
        ],
        [
          "Luxembourg",
          "Luxembourg"
        ],
        [
          "Belgium",
          "Belgium"
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        [
          "Switzerland",
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        [
          "Netherlands",
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        [
          "Germany",
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        ],
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          "Rhine",
          "Rhine"
        ]
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      ],
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      ],
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    },
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      "homophone": "gâl (“enemy; goal”)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Gâl"
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      "source": "mutation",
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      "source": "mutation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Ngâl",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      },
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        "Welsh feminine nouns",
        "Welsh lemmas",
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        ],
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        ],
        [
          "Roman",
          "Roman"
        ],
        [
          "France",
          "France"
        ],
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          "Luxembourg",
          "Luxembourg"
        ],
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          "Belgium",
          "Belgium"
        ],
        [
          "Switzerland",
          "Switzerland"
        ],
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          "Lombardy",
          "Lombardy"
        ],
        [
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        ],
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          "Germany",
          "Germany"
        ],
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      ],
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      "homophone": "gâl (“enemy; goal”)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Gâl"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Gâl meaning in Welsh (2.4kB)

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