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IRISH GAELIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Irish Gaelic mean?
• IRISH GAELIC (noun)
The noun IRISH GAELIC has 1 sense:
1. the Celtic language of Ireland
Familiarity information: IRISH GAELIC used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The Celtic language of Ireland
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Irish; Irish Gaelic
Hypernyms ("Irish Gaelic" is a kind of...):
Erse; Gaelic; Goidelic (any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland)
Domain region:
Emerald Isle; Hibernia; Ireland (an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Irish Gaelic"):
Old Irish (Irish Gaelic up to about 1100)
Middle Irish (Irish Gaelic from 1100 to 1500)
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