gabhal
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish gabul (“fork, forked branch”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gabhal m (genitive singular gabhail, nominative plural gabhail)
- fork (of a road)
- branch
- split
- crotch
- 1906, E. C. Quiggin, A Dialect of Donegal, page 18, § 40:
- vɛ:r̥ə m′ə kick sə ℊo:l ℊyd′, said by boys
- (conventional orthography of the above phonetic transcription): Bhéarfaidh mé kick sa ghabhal dhuit
- I’m going to kick you in the crotch.
- (conventional orthography of the above phonetic transcription): Bhéarfaidh mé kick sa ghabhal dhuit
- vɛ:r̥ə m′ə kick sə ℊo:l ℊyd′, said by boys
- 1906, E. C. Quiggin, A Dialect of Donegal, page 18, § 40:
- udder, bag (of a cow)
- 1906, E. C. Quiggin, A Dialect of Donegal, page 18, § 40:
- tα: go:l mαiç bwæN′ə ɛg′ ə wɔ: ʃïn′
- (conventional orthography of the above phonetic transcription): Tá gabhal maith bainne ag an bhó sin
- That cow has a good bag of milk.
- (conventional orthography of the above phonetic transcription): Tá gabhal maith bainne ag an bhó sin
- tα: go:l mαiç bwæN′ə ɛg′ ə wɔ: ʃïn′
- 1906, E. C. Quiggin, A Dialect of Donegal, page 18, § 40:
- (cycling) bicycle fork
- (chess) fork
Declension[edit]
Declension of gabhal
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
gabhal | ghabhal | ngabhal |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʰeh₁bʰ-
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- ga:Cycling
- ga:Chess
- Irish first-declension nouns
- ga:Body