Gall

Proper noun

Gall (plural Galls)

1. A surname​.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡalː/

Noun

Gall m (plural Gallaoued)

1. (archaic) foreigner
2. (dated) Gaul, Gaulish person
3. Gallo-speaker
4. Frenchman, Romance-speaking person not from Lower Brittany

Inflection

Etymology

See gall.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑːl̪ˠ/

Noun

Gall m (genitive singular Gaill, nominative plural Gaill)

1. (historical) Gaul (person from Gaul)
2. (historical) Northman, Dane (member of the Germanic tribe inhabiting the Danish islands and parts of southern Sweden)
3. (historical) Norman (member of the mixed Scandinavian and French peoples who, in the 11th century, were a major military power in Western Europe and who conquered the English in 1066), Anglo-Norman (descendant of the Normans who settled in England after the Norman Conquest), Englishman

   Synonym: Normannach

   1. (by extension) Brit

      Synonyms: Briotanach, Sasanach

Mutation

Further reading

• "Gall" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “Gall” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “Gall” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Alternative forms

• gall

Etymology

From Old Irish gall (“foreigner”), from Latin Gallus (“a Gaul”), from a native Celtic name, the Gauls being the first strangers to visit or be visited by the Irish in Pre-Roman and Roman times. Compare Proto-Celtic *gallos (whence Welsh gal (“enemy, foe”)).

Noun

Gall m (genitive singular Goill, plural Goill)

1. foreigner, alien

   Synonyms: coimheach, coigreach

2. Lowlander (Scottish Lowlands)

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