GOIDELIC


Meaning of GOIDELIC in English

/goy del"ik/ , Ling.

adj.

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

n.

2. Also called Q-Celtic . the subbranch of Celtic in which the Proto-Indo-European kw -sound remained a velar. Irish and Scots Gaelic belong to Goidelic. Cf. Brythonic, P-Celtic .

Also, Gadhelic .

[ 1880-1885; Goídil GAEL + -IC ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .