Gàidhlig

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish Goídelc. Cognate with Irish Gaeilge and Manx Gaelg.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈkaːlɪkʲ/
• Hyphenation: Gàidh‧lig

Proper noun

Gàidhlig f (genitive singular Gàidhlig or Gàidhlige)

1. Scottish Gaelic

Usage notes

Ball & Muller (2012) note that although Gàidhlig typically remains unchanged in the genitive singular, it is occasionally altered to Gàidhlige, perhaps as a hypercorrection.

Descendants

• Gàidhlig na h-Èireann (“Irish Gaelic”)
• Gàidhlig Mhanainn (“Manx”)

Adjective

Gàidhlig (nominative plural Gàidhlige, comparative Gàidhlige)

1. Gaelic

Declension

Declension of Gàidhlig (type II adjective)

	masculine	feminine	plural
nominative	Gàidhlig	Ghàidhlig	Gàidhlige
genitive	Ghàidhlig	Gàidhlige	Gàidhlige
dative	Gàidhlig	Ghàidhlig	Gàidhlige
vocative	Ghàidhlig	Ghàidhlig	Gàidhlige

Related terms

• Gàidheal
• Gàidhealtachd

Mutation

Mutation of Gàidhlig

radical	lenition
Gàidhlig	Ghàidhlig

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Goídelc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Michael J. Ball, Nicole Muller (2012) The Celtic Languages‎