Goidelic

American  

[goi-del-ik] / gɔɪˈdɛl ɪk /

Also Gadhelic

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.

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adjective

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

Goidelic British  

/ ɡɔɪˈdɛlɪk /

noun

1. the N group of Celtic languages, consisting of Irish Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx Compare Brythonic

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of this group of languages

Etymology

Origin of Goidelic

1880–1885; < Old Irish Goídil Gael + -ic

Example Sentences

"If so, then Goidelic had to have arrived earlier, either with Beakers, or earlier."

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2021

In Goidelic the stress, which is strongly expiratory, is always placed on the first syllable except in certain cases in verbs compounded with prepositional prefixes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

There is nothing corresponding to this consonantal mutation in Goidelic.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

Skene maintained that the Picts spoke a language nearly allied to Goidelic, whilst Stokes, Loth, Macbain, D’Arbois and Meyer are of opinion that Pictish was more closely related 622 to Brythonic.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

Goidelic and Brythonic.—When the monuments of the Celtic dialects of the British Islands begin to appear, we find a wide divergence between the two groups.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various