From Old Irish gell (“pledge, surety; stake, wager”).
geall m (genitive singular gill, nominative plural geallta)
From Old Irish gellaid (“pledge; testify”), from gell (“pledge, surety”).
geall (present analytic geallann, future analytic geallfaidh, verbal noun gealladh, past participle geallta) (transitive, intransitive)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Irish 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. |
From Old Irish gell (“pledge, surety; stake, wager”).
geall m (genitive singular gill, plural gill)
From Old Irish gellaid (“pledges oneself, vows, promises; pledges, wagers; gives in pledge; testifies”), from gell (“pledge, surety; stake, wager”).
geall (past gheall, future geallaidh, verbal noun gealltainn or gealladh, past participle geallte)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third m/f | first | second | third | |||
independent | past | gheall mi | gheall thu | gheall e/i | gheall sinn | gheall sibh | gheall iad | ghealladh |
future | geallaidh mi | geallaidh tu | geallaidh e/i | geallaidh sinn | geallaidh sibh | geallaidh iad | geallar gealltar | |
conditional | gheallainn | ghealladh tu | ghealladh e/i | gheallamaid ghealladh sinn |
ghealladh sibh | ghealladh iad | ghealltadh gheallaist(e)1 | |
negative | past | cha do gheall mi | cha do gheall thu | cha do gheall e/i | cha do gheall sinn | cha do gheall sibh | cha do gheall iad | cha do ghealladh |
future | cha gheall mi | cha gheall thu | cha gheall e/i | cha gheall sinn | cha gheall sibh | cha gheall iad | cha gheallar cha ghealltar | |
conditional | cha gheallainn | cha ghealladh tu | cha ghealladh e/i | cha gheallamaid cha ghealladh sinn |
cha ghealladh sibh | cha ghealladh iad | cha ghealltadh cha gheallaist(e)1 | |
affirmative interrogative |
past | an do gheall mi? | an do gheall thu? | an do gheall e/i? | an do gheall sinn? | an do gheall sibh? | an do gheall iad? | an do ghealladh? |
future | an geall mi? | an geall thu? | an geall e/i? | an geall sinn? | an geall sibh? | an geall iad? | an geallar? an gealltar? | |
conditional | an geallainn? | an gealladh tu? | an gealladh e/i? | an geallamaid? an gealladh sinn? |
an gealladh sibh? | an gealladh iad? | an gealltadh? an geallaist(e)1? | |
negative interrogative |
past | nach do gheall mi? | nach do gheall thu? | nach do gheall e/i? | nach do gheall sinn? | nach do gheall sibh? | nach do gheall iad? | nach do ghealladh? |
future | nach geall mi? | nach geall thu? | nach geall e/i? | nach geall sinn? | nach geall sibh? | nach geall iad? | nach geallar? nach gealltar? | |
conditional | nach geallainn? | nach gealladh tu? | nach gealladh e/i? | nach geallamaid? nach gealladh sinn? |
nach gealladh sibh? | nach gealladh iad? | nach gealltadh? nach geallaist(e)1? | |
relative future |
affirmative | (ma) gheallas mi | (ma) gheallas thu | (ma) gheallas e/i | (ma) gheallas sinn | (ma) gheallas sibh | (ma) gheallas iad | (ma) gheallar |
negative | (mur) geall mi | (mur) geall thu | (mur) geall e/i | (mur) geall sinn | (mur) geall sibh | (mur) geall iad | (mur) geallar (mur) gealltar | |
imperative | geallam | geall | gealladh e/i | geallamaid | geallaibh | gealladh iad | geallar gealltar | |
stem | geall | |||||||
verbal noun | gealladh/gealltainn | |||||||
past participle | geallte |
Scottish Gaelic 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. |