"Gael" meaning in Welsh

See Gael in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɡaːɨ̯l/ [North-Wales], /ɡai̯l/ [South-Wales] Forms: Gaeliaid [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Gael [error-unrecognized-form], Ael [soft], Ngael [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: Borrowed from English Gael, from Irish Gael, Old Irish Goídel. Doublet of Gwyddel (“Irishman”). Etymology templates: {{ety|cy|:bor|en:Gael}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "two", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "two", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dwóh₁", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dwi-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "do", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dʰeh₁-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₁weydʰh₁-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Celtic", "term" : "*weidus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "cel-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Celtic", "term" : "*weidelos", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "cel-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Brythonic", "term" : "*guɨðel", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "cel-bry-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Brythonic", "term" : "*Guɨðel", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "cel-bry-pro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Old Irish", "term" : "Goídel", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sga" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Irish", "term" : "Gael", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ga" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "Gael", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Welsh", "term" : "Gael", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "cy" }" data-lang="cy" data-title="Gael">, {{bor+|cy|en|Gael}} Borrowed from English Gael, {{der|cy|ga|Gael}} Irish Gael, {{der|cy|sga|Goídel}} Old Irish Goídel, {{dbt|cy|Gwyddel}} Doublet of Gwyddel Head templates: {{cy-noun|mfbysense|Gaeliaid}} Gael m or f by sense (plural Gaeliaid) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. Gael, speaker of Gaelic Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine Related terms: Gaeleg (english: Gaelic language), Gaelig (english: Gaelic) [adjective]

Inflected forms

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      "form": "Ael",
      "source": "mutation",
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    {
      "form": "Ngael",
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      "source": "mutation",
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  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "Gaeleg"
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        "Welsh nouns",
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        "Welsh terms borrowed from English",
        "Welsh terms derived from English",
        "Welsh terms derived from Irish",
        "Welsh terms derived from Old Irish",
        "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic",
        "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Welsh terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁-",
        "Welsh terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁weydʰh₁-",
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}

Download raw JSONL data for Gael meaning in Welsh (5.0kB)

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