goaill

Manx

noun
Definitions
  • seizure, apprehension
  • assumption of office, acceptance
  • (medicine) contraction of a disease
  • preoccupation

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish gabál inherited from Proto-Celtic *gabaglā 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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