goel

See also: Goel and göl

English

Etymology 1

Compare yellow.

Adjective

goel (comparative goeler, superlative goelest)

  1. (obsolete) yellow
    • 1557 February 13, Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie., London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […], 1810, →OCLC:
      The goeler and yonger the better I loue;
      well gutted and pared, the better they proue

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hebrew ⁧גוֹאֵל⁩ (goél, “he redeems”).

Noun

goel (plural goels or goelim)

  1. (historical, biblical) A person who, as the nearest relative of another, has certain obligations toward them, such as having to free them from slavery, to repurchase their property if sold through poverty, and to avenge their murder.
    • 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 963:
      The go·el neutralizes the deleterious effect of the blood of the slain, restoring the ecologic balance.

Anagrams

Welsh

Noun

goel

  1. Soft mutation of coel.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
coel goel nghoel choel
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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