gool

See also: go·ol and goól

Cornish

Alternative forms

• gol (only in set phrases)

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [ɡoːl]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [ɡuːl]

Etymology 1

From Middle Cornish goil, from Latin vigilia (“wakefulness, watch”), from vigil (“awake”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be strong”). Cognate with Breton gouel and Welsh gŵyl.

Noun

gool m (plural golyow)

1. feast, fair, festival
   • 2025 March 5, @YesCornwall, X (Twitter)‎:

     Gool Peran Lowen dhe bubonan yn Kernow hag a-dro dhe’n bys!

     Happy St Piran's Day to everyone in Cornwall and across the world!

2. vigil, wake, watch

Derived terms

• dy'gol (“feast day”)
• gool an deys (“harvest home”)
• Gool Enys (“carnival, Shrovetide”)
• Gool Peran (“St Piran's Day”)

Etymology 2

From Latin velum (“veil, cloth”), similar to Old Irish fíal (“veil”). Possibly with influence from Proto-Brythonic *huɨl (compare Welsh hwyl (“sail”)).

Noun

gool m (plural golyow)

1. sail, veil

Mutation

Mutation of gool

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
gool	wool	unchanged	kool	hwool	wool

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• “gool” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.