Gall

See also: gall and gäll

English

Proper noun

Gall (plural Galls)

  1. A surname​.

Breton

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡalː/

Noun

Gall m (plural Gallaoued)

  1. (archaic) foreigner
  2. (dated) Gaul, Gaulish person
  3. Gallo-speaker
  4. Frenchman, Romance-speaking person not from Lower Brittany

Derived terms

Inflection
  Mutation of Gall  
Breton consonant mutation
unmutatedsoftaspiratehardmixed
singular Gall C'hall unchanged Kall C'hall
plural Gallaoued C'hallaoued unchanged Kallaoued C'hallaoued

Irish

Etymology

See gall.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡɑːl̪ˠ/

Noun

Gall m (genitive singular Gaill, nominative plural Gaill)

  1. (historical) Gaul (person from Gaul)
  2. (historical) Northman, Dane (member of the Germanic tribe inhabiting the Danish islands and parts of southern Sweden)
  3. (historical) Norman (member of the mixed Scandinavian and French peoples who, in the 11th century, were a major military power in Western Europe and who conquered the English in 1066), Anglo-Norman (descendant of the Normans who settled in England after the Norman Conquest), Englishman
    Synonym: Normannach
    1. (by extension) Brit
      Synonyms: Briotanach, Sasanach

Declension
Declension of Gall

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Gall Gaill
Vocative a Ghaill a Ghalla
Genitive Gaill Gall
Dative Gall Gaill

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an Gall na Gaill
Genitive an Ghaill na nGall
Dative leis an nGall

don Ghall

 leis na Gaill

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Gall Ghall nGall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • "Gall" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “Gall” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “Gall” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish gall (“foreigner”), from Latin Gallus (“a Gaul”), from a native Celtic name, the Gauls being the first strangers to visit or be visited by the Irish in Pre-Roman and Roman times. Compare Proto-Celtic *gallos (whence Welsh gal (“enemy, foe”)).

Noun

Gall m (genitive singular Goill, plural Goill)

  1. foreigner, alien
    Synonyms: coimheach, coigreach
  2. Lowlander (Scottish Lowlands)

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
GallGhall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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