gabháil

See also: gabhail

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish gabál, from Proto-Celtic *gabaglā; compare Welsh gafael. By surface analysis, gabh +‎ -áil, though this verbal noun itself is the origin of the suffix -áil.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ɡvˠɑːlʲ(tʲ)/[1]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔwɑːlʲ/[2]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): (“yeast”) /ˈɡɔːlʲ/; (verbal noun of gabh) /ɡɔlʲ/, /ɡɔlˠ/, /ɡɔl̪ˠ/[3]

Noun

gabháil f (genitive singular gabhála, nominative plural gabhálacha)

  1. verbal noun of gabh
  2. catch, seizure, capture; assumption (of authority); occupation (of territory); acceptance; undertaking; tolerance
  3. fitting, adjustment; yoke, harness; attire; control; prop, support
  4. (music, poetry) rendering
  5. barm, yeast, leaven
    Synonym: giosta

Declension

Declension of gabháil (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative gabháil gabhálacha
vocative a ghabháil a ghabhálacha
genitive gabhála gabhálacha
dative gabháil gabhálacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ghabháil na gabhálacha
genitive na gabhála na ngabhálacha
dative leis an ngabháil
don ghabháil 		leis na gabhálacha

Derived terms

  • gabhálach (“taking, catching; receptive; contagious; gripping, grasping, occupying; possessive, avaricious”)
  • gabhálacht (“receptiveness, receptivity; contagiousness; graspingness, avarice”)

Descendants

  • → English: gwall

Verb

gabháil (present analytic gabhálann, future analytic gabhálfaidh, verbal noun gabháil, past participle gabháilte) (transitive)

  1. take
  2. arrest

Conjugation

Conjugation of gabháil (first conjugation – B)
indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present gabhálaim gabhálann tú;
gabhálair† 		gabhálann sé, sí gabhálaimid; gabhálann muid gabhálann sibh gabhálann siad;
gabhálaid† 		a ghabhálann; a ghabhálas gabháiltear
past ghabháil mé; ghabhálas ghabháil tú; ghabhálais ghabháil sé, sí ghabhálamar; ghabháil muid ghabháil sibh; ghabhálabhair ghabháil siad; ghabháladar a ghabháil gabháladh
past habitual ghabhálainn /
gabhálainn‡ 		ghabháilteá /
gabháilteᇠ		ghabháladh sé, sí /
gabháladh sé, sí‡ 		ghabhálaimis; ghabháladh muid /
gabháladh muid‡ 		ghabháladh sibh /
gabháladh sibh‡ 		ghabhálaidís; ghabháladh siad /
gabhálaidís‡; gabháladh siad‡ 		a ghabháladh ghabháiltí /
gabháiltí‡
singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
future gabhálfaidh mé;
gabhálfad 		gabhálfaidh tú;
gabhálfair† 		gabhálfaidh sé, sí gabhálfaimid;
gabhálfaidh muid 		gabhálfaidh sibh gabhálfaidh siad;
gabhálfaid† 		a ghabhálfaidh; a ghabhálfas gabhálfar
conditional ghabhálfainn /
gabhálfainn‡ 		ghabhálfá /
gabhálfᇠ		ghabhálfadh sé, sí /
gabhálfadh sé, sí‡ 		ghabhálfaimis; ghabhálfadh muid /
gabhálfaimis‡; gabhálfadh muid‡ 		ghabhálfadh sibh /
gabhálfadh sibh‡ 		ghabhálfaidís; ghabhálfadh siad /
gabhálfaidís‡; gabhálfadh siad‡ 		a ghabhálfadh ghabhálfaí /
gabhálfaí‡
subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present go ngabhála mé;
go ngabhálad† 		go ngabhála tú;
go ngabhálair† 		go ngabhála sé, sí go ngabhálaimid;
go ngabhála muid 		go ngabhála sibh go ngabhála siad;
go ngabhálaid† 		— go ngabháiltear
past dá ngabhálainn dá ngabháilteá dá ngabháladh sé, sí dá ngabhálaimis;
dá ngabháladh muid 		dá ngabháladh sibh dá ngabhálaidís;
dá ngabháladh siad 		— dá ngabháiltí
imperative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
— gabhálaim gabháil gabháladh sé, sí gabhálaimis gabhálaigí;
gabhálaidh† 		gabhálaidís — gabháiltear
past participle gabháilte
verbal noun gabháil

† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form

Mutation

Mutated forms of gabháil
radical lenition eclipsis
gabháil ghabháil ngabháil

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 80, page 43
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 128
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 27, page 14

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