gabháil

Irish (Donegal)

noun
Definitions
  • catch, seizure, capture; assumption of authority; occupation of territory; acceptance; undertaking; tolerance
  • fitting, adjustment; yoke, harness; attire; control; prop, support
  • (music) rendering
  • barm, yeast, leaven

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish gabál inherited from Proto-Celtic *gabaglā affix from Irish gabh (take) root from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- (take, grab, hold).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*gʰeh₁bʰ-

Gloss

take, grab, hold

Concept
Semantic Field

Possession

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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