Gaeilge

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From older Gaedhilge, originally the genitive of Classical Gaelic Gaedhealg, Gaoidhealg, from Old Irish Goídelc.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡeːlʲɟɪ/
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɡeːl̪ˠənʲ/, [ˈɡɰeːl̪ˠɪnʲ], [ˈɡɰeːl̪ˠɪɲ] (corresponding to the form Gaelainn or Gaedhlaing)
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈɡeːlʲɟɪ/, [ˈɡɰeːlʲɟɪ]
  • (Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɡeːlʲɪc/[3] (corresponding to the form Gaedhilg or Gaeilic)

Proper noun

Gaeilge f (genitive Gaeilge)

  1. the Irish language
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 123:
      šḱŕīvn̥̄ šē n ʒēlǵə gə rī wȧ.
      [Scríobhann sé an Ghaeilge go rí-mhaith.]
      He writes Irish very well.
  2. any Gaelic language

Declension
Declension of Gaeilge

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative Gaeilge
Vocative a Ghaeilge
Genitive Gaeilge
Dative Gaeilge

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an Ghaeilge
Genitive na Gaeilge
Dative leis an nGaeilge

don Ghaeilge

Synonyms
  • (Irish language): Gaeilge na hÉireann
  • (Modern Irish): Nua-Ghaeilge

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Gaeilge Ghaeilge nGaeilge
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “Gaeḋealg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 345
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “Goídelc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 37

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Irish. Doublet of Gàidhlig.

Proper noun

Gaeilge f (genitive Gaeilge)

  1. the Irish Gaelic language
    Synonym: Gàidhlig na h-Èireann

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
GaeilgeGhaeilge
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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