gallda

See also: Gallda

Irish

Alternative forms

• gallta (Ulster)

Etymology

From Old Irish gallda. By surface analysis, Gall (“foreigner”) +‎ -da.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑul̪ˠd̪ˠə/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑ(ː)l̪ˠd̪ˠə/

Adjective

gallda

1. foreign
2. English (in an Irish context), anglicized
3. (dated) Anglo-Irish, Protestant

Declension

Declension of gallda

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	gallda	ghallda	gallda; ghallda2
vocative	ghallda		gallda
genitive		gallda	gallda	gallda
dative	gallda; ghallda1	ghallda	gallda; ghallda2
Comparative	níos gallda
Superlative	is gallda

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• aiteann gallda
• bláthnaid ghallda
• cnó gallda
• galldachas
• galldacht
• galldaigh
• galldú
• giorria gallda
• míle gallda
• raithneach ghallda

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of gallda

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gallda	ghallda	ngallda

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gallda”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gallda”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “gallda”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Old Irish

Etymology

From Gall +‎ -da.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡal͈da]

Adjective

gallda

1. foreign (especially Norse or English)
2. having foreign connections or ways

Derived terms

• galldach
• galldacht

 

Descendants

• Irish: gallda, gallta (Ulster)
• Scottish Gaelic: Gallta

Mutation

Mutation of gallda

radical	lenition	nasalization
gallda	gallda pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/	ngallda

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gallda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language