单词 | Goidelic |
释义 | Goidelic/ɡɔɪˈdɛlɪk![]() adjective Relating to or denoting the northern group of Celtic languages, including Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx. Speakers of the Celtic precursor of the Goidelic languages are thought to have invaded Ireland from Europe circa 1000 bc, spreading into Scotland and the Isle of Man from the 5th century ad onwards. Compare with Brythonic. Also called Q-Celtic.Irish is a Celtic (Indo-European) language, part of the Goidelic branch of insular Celtic (as are Scottish Gaelic and Manx)....
noun [mass noun] The Goidelic languages collectively.Philologists have referred to them as P-Celtic in contrast to Goidelic as Q-Celtic, on the basis of a sound shift of q to p which split an earlier tongue known as Common Celtic....
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