Gaelic vs Welsh - What's the difference?
gaelic | welsh |
Of or relating to the Gaels, the Celtic peoples of Scotland, Ireland, and the Manx, or their languages.
*1985 , , In Search of the Trojan War :
*:The Tudors, it was argued, were of Welsh or ancient British descent.
(label) Foreign; non-native.
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*:By my hede sayd syr Gareth I wylle ryde vnto my lord sir launcelot for to helpe hym // ye shalle not soo said sir Bors by my counceylle / onles that ye were desguysed / ye shalle see me dysguysed said syre Gareth / and there with al he aspyed a wallysshe knyghte where he was to repose hym
Of or pertaining to Wales.
Of or pertaining to the Celtic language of Wales.
Designating plants or animals from or associated with Wales. (See Derived terms.)
The Welsh language.
* 1832 , (Queen Victoria), journal, 6 Aug 1832:
(collectively) The people of Wales.
for someone who was a Welshman or a Celt.
A breed of pig, kept mainly for bacon.
As proper nouns the difference between gaelic and welsh
is that gaelic is goidelic; any Goidelic language while Welsh is the Welsh language.As adjectives the difference between gaelic and welsh
is that gaelic is of or relating to the Gaels, the Celtic peoples of Scotland, Ireland, and the Manx, or their languages while Welsh is (Native) British; pertaining to the Celtic peoples who inhabited much of Britain before the Roman occupation.As a verb welsh is
to swindle someone by not paying a debt, especially a gambling debt.gaelic
English
See also
* IrishAdjective
(-)External links
*Ethnologue file on the Gaelic languages*
Gaelic.com Dictionary
welsh
English
(wikipedia Welsh)Adjective
(-)Derived terms
* Middle Welsh * Old Welsh * Welsher * Welshman * Welshness * Welshwoman * Welsh ale * Welsh Black * Welsh cake * Welsh chimney * Welsh cob * Welsh Corgi * Welsh dresser * Welsh lump * Welsh mountain pony * Welsh nephew * Welsh Not * Welsh onion * Welshpool * Welsh pony * Welsh rabbit * Welsh rarebit * Welsh terrier * Welsh web * Welsh yardProper noun
(en proper noun)- 9 minutes to 2. We just stopped to have our horses' mouths washed, and there all people spoke welsh .
