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GAELIC

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland

Synonyms:

Erse; Gaelic; Goidelic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Gaelic" is a kind of...):

Celtic; Celtic language (a branch of the Indo-European languages that (judging from inscriptions and place names) was spread widely over Europe in the pre-Christian era)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Gaelic"):

Irish; Irish Gaelic (the Celtic language of Ireland)

Scots Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic (the Gaelic of Scotland)

Manx (the ancient Gaelic formerly spoken on the Isle of Man; the language is sometimes used on ceremonial occasions)

Derivation:

Gaelic (relating to or characteristic of the Celts)

 II. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Relating to or characteristic of the Celts

Synonyms:

Celtic; Gaelic

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Celt (a member of a European people who once occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul prior to Roman times)

Derivation:

Gael (a Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man)

Gaelic (any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland)

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