gamal

See also: gåmål

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡamal/ [ˈɡa.mal̪]
• Hyphenation: ga‧mal

Adjective

gámal (intensified gamalon, Basahan spelling ᜄᜋᜎ᜔)

1. tame; docile

   Synonym: magaro

Noun

gámal (Basahan spelling ᜄᜋᜎ᜔)

1. tameness; docility

   Synonym: garo

Derived terms

• maggamal
• pagamal

 

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse gamall, from Proto-Germanic *gamalaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɛaːmal]

Adjective

gamal (comparative eldri, superlative elstur)

1. old

   Hvussu gomul er mamma tín? — Hon er níggju og fjøruti ára gomul.

   How old is your mom? — She's forty-nine years old.

   Hvussu gamal ert tú?

   How old are you?

Declension

Declension of gamal (a33)
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	gamal	gomul	gamalt
Accusative	gamlan	gamla	gamalt
Dative	gomlum	gamlari	gomlum
Genitive	gamals	gamlar	gamls
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	gamlir	gamlar	gomul
Accusative	gamlar	gamlar	gomul
Dative	gomlum	gomlum	gomlum
Genitive	gamla	gamla	gamla

Antonyms

• ungur

Further reading

• Árnason, Kristján (2011) The Phonology of Icelandic and Faroese (The Phonology of the World's Languages), Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 72
• "gamal" at Sprotin.fo

Irish

Alternative forms

• amal

Etymology

Probably from a variant of English gomeral.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡamˠəl̪ˠ/, /ˈɡamˠəlˠ/

Noun

gamal m (genitive singular gamail, nominative plural gamail)

1. (derogatory) fool, simpleton, goose (silly person), gull (one easily cheated, dupe)

   Synonyms: amadán, pleota, pleidhce

Declension

Declension of gamal (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative gamal gamail vocative a ghamail a ghamala genitive gamail gamal dative gamal gamail forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an gamal na gamail genitive an ghamail na ngamal dative leis an ngamal don ghamal leis na gamail

Derived terms

• gamalach
• gamalachán
• gamalacht
• gamalóg

Mutation

Mutated forms of gamal

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gamal	ghamal	ngamal

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

Further reading

• “gamal”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gamal”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 350
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gamal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• gamall, gammal
• gåmål (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Norse gamall; comparative and superlative forms from Old Norse ellri and Old Norse ellztr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɡɑːmɑl/

Adjective

gamal (masculine and feminine gamal, neuter gamalt, definite singular and plural gamle, comparative eldre, indefinite superlative eldst, definite superlative eldste)

1. old (having existed for a relatively long period of time)

   Dette huset er gamalt.

   This house is old.

2. old (having existed or lived for the specified time)

   Kor gamle er dei?

   How old are they?

Antonyms

• ung

Derived terms

• gamleby
• gamleheim

References

• “gamal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse gamall, from Proto-Germanic *gamalaz.

Adjective

gamal

1. old

Declension

Declension of gamal (strong)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gamal	gamul	gamalt
accusative	gamblan	gambla	gamalt
dative	gamblum gamblom	gambli gambli	gamblu gamblo
genitive	gamals	gamblar	gamals
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gamblir gambler	gamblar	gamul
accusative	gambla	gamblar	gamul
dative	gamblum gamblom	gamblum gamblom	gamblum gamblom
genitive	gambla gambla	gambla gambla	gambla gambla

Declension of gamal (weak)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gambli gamble	gambla	gambla
accusative	gambla	gamblu gamblo	gambla
dative	gambla	gamblu gamblo	gambla
genitive	gambla	gamblu gamblo	gambla
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gamblu gamblo	gamblu gamblo	gamblu gamblo
accusative	gamblu gamblo	gamblu gamblo	gamblu gamblo
dative	gamblu gamblo	gamblu gamblo	gamblu gamblo
genitive	gamblu gamblo	gamblu gamblo	gamblu gamblo

Descendants

• Swedish: gammal