Goidelic, a. and n.
(gɔɪˈdɛlɪk)
[f. prec. + -ic.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to the Goidels. B. n. The language of the Goidels. (Cf. Gadhelic.)
| 1882 Rhys Celtic Britain 196 This could only happen through the medium of men who spoke Goidelic. 1896 Sir H. Maxwell Hist. Dumfries etc. ii. 32 Novantia, however, remained Pictish,—i.e. Goidelic—in speech and race. 1897 Anwyl Welsh Gram. §2 The Celtic branch falls into two groups:—1. The Goidelic, consisting of Erse or Irish Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx Gaelic. 2. The Brythonic. |