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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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gàirneal, a meal chest, Ir. gairnéal, a meal magazine, garner; from Sc. garnell, girnell, Eng. garner, from O. Fr. gernier, from Lat. granarium, granary.
gàirneilear, a gardener; from the English.
gais, a torrent (H.S.D. and Ir.), surfeit; from Eng. gush?
gàis, wisdom, lance, plenty (Carm.):
gais, shrivel up; from gas, twig? For sense, cf. crannadh.
gaisde, a trap (Sh., O'B., H.S.D.), Ir. gaisde, O. Ir. goiste, noose; from gaoisd, horse hair?
gaisde, a wisp of straw (H.S.D.); cf. gaoisd.
gaise, a daunting (M'A.); cf gais, shrivel.
gaisge, valour, Ir. gaisge, bravery, E. Ir. gaisced, gasced, bravery, feats of arms, armour, weapons; the idea seems to be "feats" and the root the same as in gasda, q.v.
gal, weeping, Ir. gul, E. Ir. gol, I. E. ꬶel, pain; Ger. qual, pain, quälen, torment; Lit gélti, to smart. Cf. galar.
†gal, valour, war, E. Ir. gal, O. Br. gal, puissance, *galâ, W. gallu, posse, Br. galloet (do.), Cor. gallos, might: *galno-; Lit. galiu, I can, Ch.Sl golemŭ, great. Hence the national name Galatae, Galatian, also gallus, a Gaul (but see Gall).
galad, good girl, brave girl, fem. for laochan, used in encouraging address: a ghalad. Root is gal (*galnat), brave.
galan, a gallon, Ir. galun; from the Eng.
galar, a disease, Ir., O. Ir. galar, W. galar, grief, Br. glar, glachar, (do.); *galro-n. Bez. suggests as allied Norse galli, flaw, Umbr. holtu, Ch. Sl. zŭlŭ, bad, sore. But cf. gal, weep.
galc, thicken cloth, fulling; from the Eng. walk, waulk.
Gall, a Lowlander, stranger, Ir. Gall, a stranger, Englishman, E. Ir. gall, foreigner; from Gallus, a Gaul, the Gauls being the first strangers to visit or be visited by the Irish in Pre-Roman and Roman times (Zimmer). for derivation see gal, valour. Stokes takes a different view; he gives as basis for gall, stranger, *gallo-s, W. gal, enemy, foe: *ghaslo-? root ghas, Lat. hos-tis, Eng. guest. Hence he derives Gallus, a Gaul, so named from some Celtic dialect.
galla, a bitch; cf. W. gast, a bitch. G. is possibly for *gas-liâ. Pott has adduced Spanish galgo, greyhound, which, however, is founded on canis Gallicus. See gasradh for root.
gallan, a branch, a youth (fig.): *gas-lo-, root gas of gas, q.v. Cf. W. gelin, a shoot.
galluran, wood angelica, so Ir.: gal+flùran.
galuban, a band put upon the dugs of mares to prevent the foal sucking (H.S.D., Dial.):
gàmag, a stride, Ir. gámus, proud gait or carriage: *gang-mo-(?); Sc. gang, Ger. gang, gait. Cf. gòmag.
