Definitions
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- adjective Concerning the division of
languages that includesIrish ,Gaelic , andManx
Etymologies
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Medieval Latin gathelicus, from gathelus, from Irish Gaedheal, from Old Irish Goídel.
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Romans, the people spoke different dialects of the Celtic and Gadhelic languages, all cognate and radically similar.
English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Henry Coppee
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Cornish and Breton forms one class, the _Cymric_; while the Irish with its varieties, as developed in Scotland and the Isle of Man, forms another class, which is called the _Gaelic_ or _Gadhelic_.
Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities 1861
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