Gaeilge

• Gaedhealg, Gaedhilge (superseded)
• Gaedhlaing, Gaolainn, Gaoluinn, Gaelainn (Munster)
• Gaeilinn (Waterford)
• Gaeilg, Gaeilic, Gaedhlag, Gaedhilg, Gaelighe (Ulster)

From older Gaedhilge, originally the genitive of Classical Gaelic Gaedhealg, Gaoidhealg, from Old Irish Goídelc.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡeːlʲɟɪ/
• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡeːl̪ˠənʲ/, [ˈɡɰeːl̪ˠɪnʲ], [ˈɡɰeːl̪ˠɪɲ] (corresponding to the form Gaelainn or Gaedhlaing)
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈɡeːlʲɟɪ/, [ˈɡɰeːlʲɟɪ]
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡeːlʲɪc/[1] (corresponding to the form Gaedhilg or Gaeilic)

Gaeilge f (genitive Gaeilge)

1. the Irish language
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 123:

     šḱŕīvn̥̄ šē n ʒēlǵə gə rī wȧ.

     Scríobhann sé an Ghaeilge go rí-mhaith. (conventional orthography)

     He writes Irish very well.

2. any Gaelic language

• (Irish language): Gaeilge na hÉireann
• (Modern Irish): Nua-Ghaeilge

• Gaeilge Mhanann
• Gaeilge na hAlban
• Gaeilge na hÉireann
• Gaeilgeoir

• Gaeilgeoireacht f (“(act of) speaking Irish”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “Gaeilge”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “Goídelc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “Gaeḋealg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 345
• Entries containing “Gaeilge” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “Gaeilge” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

From Irish. Doublet of Gàidhlig.

Gaeilge f (genitive Gaeilge)

1. the Irish Gaelic language

   Synonym: Gàidhlig na h-Èireann