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gadhelic

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Ga⋅dhel⋅ic

  [guh-del-ik]
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–adjective, noun
Goidelic.

Goi⋅del⋅ic

  [goi-del-ik] Linguistics
–adjective
1. of or belonging to Goidelic; Q-Celtic.
–noun
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.
Also, Gadhelic.

Origin:
1880–1885; < OIr Goídil Gael + -ic
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Word Origin & History

Goidelic 
"pertaining to the branch of Celtic languages that includes Irish, Gaelic, and Manx," 1882, coined by Sir John Rhys (and first used in his "Celtic Britain"), from O.Ir. Goidel "Gael" (see Gael).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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