Irish

Noun

gabhal m ‎(genitive singular gabhail, nominative plural gabhail)

1. fork (of a road)
2. branch
3. split
4. crotch
   • 1906, E. C. Quiggin, A Dialect of Donegal, page 18, § 40:

     vɛ:r̥ə m′ə kick sə ℊo:l ℊyd′, said by boys

     (conventional orthography of the above phonetic transcription): Bhéarfaidh mé kick sa ghabhal dhuit

     I’m going to kick you in the crotch.

5. udder, bag (of a cow)
   • 1906, E. C. Quiggin, A Dialect of Donegal, page 18, § 40:

     tα: go:l mαiç bwæN′ə ɛg′ ə wɔ: ʃïn′

     (conventional orthography of the above phonetic transcription): Tá gabhal maith bainne ag an bhó sin

     That cow has a good bag of milk.

6. (cycling) bicycle fork
7. (chess) fork

Declension

Derived terms

• gabhlán
• gabhlóg

Mutation