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)

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)

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

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^[1]