geayl

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish gúal (“charcoal, coal”), from Proto-Celtic *goulos, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”), though the details are unclear.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Northern Manx) IPA(key): [ɡiːl]
  • (Southern Manx) IPA(key): [ɡyːl], [ɡɯːl], [ɡuːl]

Noun

geayl m (genitive singular geayil)

  1. coal

Derived terms
  • geayl-ghoo

Mutation
Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
geaylgheaylngeayl
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gowlo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 165
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