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geall
geall
Irish
Noun
geall m (genitive singular gill, nominative plural geallta)
Declension
Declension of geall
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- geall le, i ngeall le (“dependent on; equal, equivalent, to; all but, almost”)
- de gheall ar (“for the sake of; disposed to, intending to”)
- i ngeall ar, mar gheall ar (“on account of; concerning”)
Etymology 2
From Old Irish gellaid (“pledge; testify”), from gell (“pledge, surety”).
Verb
geall (present analytic geallann, future analytic geallfaidh, verbal noun gealladh, past participle geallta) (transitive, intransitive)
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
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| indicative | present | geallaim | geallann tú; geallair† |
geallann sé, sí | geallaimid | geallann sibh | geallann siad; geallaid† |
a gheallann; a gheallas / a ngeallann*; a ngeallas* |
gealltar |
| past | gheall mé; gheallas | gheall tú; gheallais | gheall sé, sí | gheallamar; gheall muid | gheall sibh; gheallabhair | gheall siad; ghealladar | a gheall / ar gheall* |
gealladh | |
| past habitual | gheallainn | ghealltá | ghealladh sé, sí | gheallaimis; ghealladh muid | ghealladh sibh | gheallaidís; ghealladh siad | a ghealladh / ar ghealladh* |
ghealltaí | |
| future | geallfaidh mé; geallfad |
geallfaidh tú; geallfair† |
geallfaidh sé, sí | geallfaimid; geallfaidh muid |
geallfaidh sibh | geallfaidh siad; geallfaid† |
a gheallfaidh; a gheallfas / a ngeallfaidh*; a ngeallfas* |
geallfar | |
| conditional | gheallfainn | gheallfá | gheallfadh sé, sí | gheallfaimis; gheallfadh muid | gheallfadh sibh | gheallfaidís; gheallfadh siad | a gheallfadh / ar gheallfadh* |
gheallfaí | |
| subjunctive | present | go ngealla mé; go ngeallad† |
go ngealla tú; go ngeallair† |
go ngealla sé, sí | go ngeallaimid; go ngealla muid |
go ngealla sibh | go ngealla siad; go ngeallaid† |
— | go ngealltar |
| past | dá ngeallainn | dá ngealltá | dá ngealladh sé, sí | dá ngeallaimis; dá ngealladh muid |
dá ngealladh sibh | dá ngeallaidís; dá ngealladh siad |
— | dá ngealltaí | |
| imperative | geallaim | geall | gealladh sé, sí | geallaimis | geallaigí; geallaidh† |
geallaidís | — | gealltar | |
| verbal noun | gealladh | ||||||||
| past participle | geallta | ||||||||
* Indirect relative
† Dialect form
Mutation
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| geall | gheall | ngeall |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “gell” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “gellaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “geall” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 131.
- "geall" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology 1
From Old Irish gell (“pledge, surety; stake, wager”).
Noun
geall m (genitive singular gill, plural gill)
Derived terms
Terms derived from geall
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Etymology 2
From Old Irish gellaid (“pledges oneself, vows, promises; pledges, wagers; gives in pledge; testifies”), from gell (“pledge, surety; stake, wager”).
Verb
geall (past gheall, future geallaidh, verbal noun gealltainn or gealladh, past participle geallte)
Related terms
- gealltanach (“hopeful, promising, promissory”)
- gealltanas (“assurance, pledge, promise”)
Mutation
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| Radical | Lenition |
| geall | gheall |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “gell” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “gellaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.