Definitions for Goidelic

Goidelic Goi·del·ic

Spelling: [goi-del-ik]
IPA: /gɔɪˈdɛl ɪk/

Goidelic is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 198 anagrams from letters in Goidelic (cdegiilo).

Definitions for Goidelic

noun

  1. Also called Q-Celtic. the subbranch of Celtic in which the Proto-Indo-European kw -sound remained a velar. Irish and Scottish Gaelic belong to Goidelic.

adjective

  1. of or belonging to Goidelic; Q-Celtic.

Origin of Goidelic

1880-1885; Old Irish Goídil Gael + -ic

Examples for Goidelic

In modern phrase, the Goidelic, not the Brythonic branch of the Celtic race.

But after the separation of the Goidelic group a further change took place.

On account of this Goidelic element, it has been claimed that the personages of the Mabinogion are purely Goidelic.

The chief features which distinguish the Brythonic from the Goidelic dialects have already been enumerated.

In Goidelic, we find two mutations, the vocalic and the nasal.

There is nothing corresponding to this consonantal mutation in Goidelic.

As has been already remarked, they are now generally described as the Brythonic and Goidelic branches of the Celtic race.

The language of the Ogam inscriptions is the oldest form of Goidelic with which we are acquainted.

The Goidelic dialects have preserved the vowels of accented syllables on the whole better than Brythonic.

No absence of Goidelic elements in British place-names is proof against such positive evidence.

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