gíall

See also: giall

Old Irish

According to MacBain, possibly borrowed from Old English ceafl (“cheek, jaw”).

gíall m (genitive géill)

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	gíall	gíall^L	géill^L
Vocative	géill	gíall^L	gíallu^H
Accusative	gíall^N	gíall^L	gíallu^H
Genitive	géill^L	gíall	gíall^N
Dative	gíall^L	gíallaib	gíallaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “giall”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN, page 193

gíall m (genitive géill)

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	gíall	gíall^L	géill^L
Vocative	géill	gíall^L	gíallu^H
Accusative	gíall^N	gíall^L	gíallu^H
Genitive	géill^L	gíall	gíall^N
Dative	gíall^L	gíallaib	gíallaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Middle Irish: gíall
- Irish: giall (“hostage, human pledge”)
- Scottish Gaelic: giall
⇒ Middle Irish: gíallacht

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
gíall	gíall pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/	ngíall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.