Gaeilge

• Gaedhealg (archaic)
• Gaedhilge (superseded)
• Gaedhlaing, Gaolainn, Gaoluinn, Gaelainn (Munster)
• Gaeilg, Gaeilic, Gaedhlag, Gaedhilg (Ulster)

From Early Modern Irish Gaedhilge, the genitive of Gaedhealg, from Old Irish Goídelc.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡeːlʲɟɪ/

Gaeilge f (genitive Gaeilge)

1. the Irish language
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 123:

     šḱŕīvn̥̄ šē n ʒēlǵə gə rī wȧ.

     conventional orthography: Scríobhann sé an Ghaeilge go rí-mhaith.

     He writes Irish very well.

2. any Goidelic language

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

• Gaeilgeoireacht f (“(act of) speaking Irish”)

• "Gaeilge" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “Goídelc”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
• “Gaeḋealg” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 345.
• Entries containing “Gaeilge” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “Gaeilge” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

From Irish. Doublet of Gàidhlig.

Gaeilge f (genitive Gaeilge)

1. the Irish language

   Synonym: Gàidhlig na h-Èireann