{"id":7191,"date":"2023-03-09T15:38:44","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T15:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=7191"},"modified":"2023-03-09T15:53:55","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T15:53:55","slug":"mighy-abilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2023\/03\/09\/mighy-abilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Mighty Abilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Words for <strong>might<\/strong>, <strong>ability<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/shadowgate\/5710621583\/in\/photolist-9GCqQP-9GCokv-9GEovx-9GCkwk-9GBEon-7gKbLi-p81cs-dovh4u-4o4DXR-9GANcn-7gKpSH-5F2N6T-9GEoiY-9GFaA3-9GGbar-brercu-9GEaYN-breskN-a4EYFx-5F78tj-9GCfhB-a4EYNi-9GFvMs-a4EXHZ-9GBkgz-a4HNof-a4HQ3S-9GGDWd-a4EWVc-7Z8Gmc-a4HNxh-2nvUeyX-4tQkj6-a4HN5m-a4EYdv-5EU2X4-a4HPty-9GASbe-9GAKPa-9GJUTE-9GBaAH-9GBwFv-7gPoJq-9GG7hD-9GG5qr-9GH6Pt-9GDSbb-9GKUPE-9GK6wm-9GFYA2\" title=\"Beltane\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3188\/5710621583_08d3222a70_z.jpg\" alt=\"Beltane\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*gal\u0101<\/strong> = might, ablity<br \/>\n<strong>*galnati<\/strong> = to be able, can<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gal<\/strong> [\u0261al] = battle-ardor, stean, valour. Appears in male names, such as Congal, Donngal and Fergal.<br \/>\n<strong>d\u00edgal<\/strong> [\u02c8d\u02b2i\u02d0\u0263al] = punishment;, revenge, vengeance<br \/>\n<strong>fingal<\/strong> = kinslaying, parricide, fratricide<br \/>\n<strong>fogal<\/strong> = attack, damage, pillaging, plundering, trepass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gal<\/strong> = warlike ardor, fury, valour, heat, fury; steam, vapour, mist<br \/>\n<strong>armgal<\/strong> = warlike bravery<br \/>\n<strong>bonngal<\/strong> = (act of) trampling<br \/>\n<strong>congal<\/strong> = conflict, fight, attack<br \/>\n<strong>d\u00edgal<\/strong> = avenging, punishing, vengeance, punishment<br \/>\n<strong>fogal<\/strong> = to attack, damage, injure<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gal<\/strong> [\u0261al\u032a\u02e0] = (warlike) ardour, valour, fury; vapour, steam, boiling; puff, whiff; fit, bout, turn; demand<br \/>\n<strong>galach<\/strong> = valiant man, warrior; boaster, blusterer; ardent, valiant; vaporous, steaming, boiling hot<br \/>\n<strong>galacht<\/strong> = ardency, valour<br \/>\n<strong>galaigh<\/strong> = to vapourize, steam, evaporate, volatilize<br \/>\n<strong>gal\u00e1n<\/strong> = puff, whiff; crane-fly, daddy-longlegs<br \/>\n<strong>d\u00edoghail<\/strong> = revenge, vengeance, punishment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gal<\/strong> [\u0261al\u032a\u02e0] = burst of light\/heat, ardour, valour, fury, vapour, steam<br \/>\n<strong>galach<\/strong> = ardent, valiant, brace, strong, furious, steaming, vaporous<br \/>\n<strong>galan<\/strong> = burst, blast, baying<br \/>\n<strong>d\u00ecoghail<\/strong> [d\u02b2i\u0259.al] = revenge, vengeance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gaal, gall<\/strong> = vapour<br \/>\n<strong>jeeyll, jeeill<\/strong> [\u02c8d\u02b2i\u02d0\u0263al] = damage, harmfulness, havoc, injury, prejudice, vandalism<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*gal<\/strong> = enemy, adversary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gal<\/strong> = enemy, adversary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>g\u00e2l<\/strong> = enemy, adversary; enmity, hatred; passion; valour, boldness<br \/>\n<strong>galanas<\/strong> = blood-feud, enmity, hatred, slaughter, massacre<br \/>\n<strong>gallaf, gallu<\/strong> = to be able to, to have power (to)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gal<\/strong> = rust, evil, wickedness, a wicked fellow<br \/>\n<strong>gallogec<\/strong> = powerful, mighty<br \/>\n<strong>gallos, galloys, gallus<\/strong> = power, might, authority<br \/>\n<strong>gallosec<\/strong> = powerful, mighty, able<br \/>\n<strong>galluidoc<\/strong> = able, potent<br \/>\n<strong>gally<\/strong> = to be able, may, can<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gal<\/strong> = outcat, villain<br \/>\n<strong>gallojek, gallosek<\/strong> = capable, capable, mighty, potent, powerful<br \/>\n<strong>gallos<\/strong> = to be able to, can, ability, might, power, know-how, capability<br \/>\n<strong>gallosedh<\/strong> = power<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Breton<\/th>\n<td><strong>gal<\/strong> = violent, intense, urgent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gal<\/strong> = violent, intense, urgent<br \/>\n<strong>galloud, galloet, gallout<\/strong> = can, to be able, power, authority<br \/>\n<strong>galloudeg<\/strong> = powerful<br \/>\n<strong>galloudegader<\/strong> = power of attorney<br \/>\n<strong>galloudegezh<\/strong> = power, might, potency, strength<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gallout<\/strong> = can, to be able<br \/>\n<strong>galloud<\/strong> = power<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from Proto-Indo-European <em>*gelH-<\/em> (naked, head) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/gal%C4%81\">source<\/a>]. Words in Celtic languages for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2023\/03\/02\/revenge\/\">revenge<\/a> and related things come from the same roots.<\/p>\n<p>Words marked with a * are reconstructions.<\/p>\n<p>Sources: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/\">Wiktionary<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faclair.com\/\">Am Faclair Beag<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mannin.info\/Mannin\/fockleyr\/m2e.php\">Online Manx Dictionary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teanglann.ie\/en\/fgb\/ceann\">Teanglann.ie<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/dil.ie\/\">eDIL &#8211; Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.smo.uhi.ac.uk\/sengoidelc\/duil-belrai\/english.html\">In D\u00fail B\u00e9lrai English &#8211; Old Irish glossary<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/geiriadur.ac.uk\/gpc\/gpc.html\">Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cornishdictionary.org.uk\">Gerlyver Kernewek<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/lexiconcornubrit00willuoft\">Gerlyvyr Cernewec<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arkaevraz.net\/dicobzh\/index.php\">Dictionaire Favereau<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brezhoneg.bzh\/87-termofis.htm\">TermOfis<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/devri.bzh\/\">Le dictionnaire diachronique du breton<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/geriafurch.bzh\/br\">Geriafurch<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wales.ac.uk\/Resources\/Documents\/Research\/CelticLanguages\/EnglishProtoCelticWordList.pdf\">English &#8211; ProtoCeltic WordList<\/a> (PDF), <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/EtymologicalDictionaryOfProtoCeltic\">Etymological Dictionary Of Proto Celtic<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.japanesepod101.com\/member\/go.php?r=759259&amp;i=b0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/banners\/banner_japanesepod.jpg\" alt=\"The Fastest Way to Learn Japanese Guaranteed with JapanesePod101.com\" width=\"630\" height=\"83\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words for might, ability and related things in Celtic languages. Proto-Celtic *gal\u0101 = might, ablity *galnati = to be able, can Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) gal [\u0261al] = battle-ardor, stean, valour. Appears in male names, such as Congal, Donngal and Fergal. d\u00edgal [\u02c8d\u02b2i\u02d0\u0263al] = punishment;, revenge, vengeance fingal = kinslaying, parricide, fratricide fogal = attack, damage, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,16,26,19,20,21,3,22,5,6,37,7,27,8,10,11,12,13,23,43,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjectives","category-breton","category-kernewek-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-gaelg-manx","category-middle-breton","category-middle-cornish","category-middle-irish","category-middle-welsh-kymraec","category-nouns","category-old-breton","category-old-irish-goidelc","category-proto-brythonic","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-gaidhlig-scottish-gaelic","category-verbs","category-cymraeg-welsh","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7191"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7194,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7191\/revisions\/7194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}