Dictionary
Goi•del•ic
Pronunciation: (goi-del'ik), [key] Ling.
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adj.
of or belonging to Goidelic; Q-Celtic.
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n.
Also called
Q-Celtic. the subbranch of Celtic in which the Proto-Indo-European
kw-sound remained a velar. Irish and Scots Gaelic belong to Goidelic. Cf.
Brythonic, P-Celtic. Also,Gadhelic.Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.