Words similar to gaelic
Example sentences for: gaelic
How can you use “gaelic” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
The Isle of Man had 5,000 Gaelic speakers, but, alas, they have almost disappeared today.
I found suggestions that it is a “metonymic occupational name,” an English nickname or an anglicized form of a Gaelic personal name meaning `life.
The Celt brought religion and the Gaelic.
In the Gaelic parts of Scotland and Ireland, the word for heather was fraoch , pronounced nearly like German fröch . There are many regional differences in Gaelic, and fraoch can be pronounced “FREWX” or “FRAWX” in some parts of Gaeldom, perhaps explaining some of the spellings that have come into English for health-related words like frawlin or fraughan for blueberry, and freuchan for the “reinforcing toe cap of a brogue” (shoe, not accent) to prevent excessive wear by the heather.
Travel north along the Gaelic Coast, a name amply justified by the thick Scottish burr you’ll hear from most of the very friendly people you speak to on the way.