geallúint

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

geall +‎ -úint

Pronunciation

Noun

geallúint f (genitive singular geallúna, nominative plural geallúintí)

  1. Alternative form of gealladh (verbal noun of geall (to promise))
  2. Alternative form of gealltanas (pledge, promise)

Declension

Declension of geallúint (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative geallúint geallúintí
vocative a gheallúint a gheallúintí
genitive geallúna geallúintí
dative geallúint geallúintí

Mutation

Mutated forms of geallúint
radical lenition eclipsis
geallúint gheallúint ngeallúint

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 21

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