gealladh

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gellad (“pledging, a pledge”),[1] the verbal noun of gellaid (“to pledge”).[2] By surface analysis, geall +‎ -adh.

Pronunciation

Noun

gealladh m (genitive singular geallta, nominative plural gealltaí)

  1. verbal noun of geall (“promise, assure; allot (to)”)
  2. promise, pre-indication
  3. (business) acceptance

Declension

Declension of gealladh

Irregular

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gealladh gealltaí
Vocative a ghealladh a ghealltaí
Genitive geallta gealltaí
Dative gealladh gealltaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an gealladh na gealltaí
Genitive an gheallta na ngealltaí
Dative leis an ngealladh

don ghealladh

leis na gealltaí

Verb

gealladh

  1. inflection of geall (“promise”):
    1. autonomous past indicative
    2. third-person singular imperative

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gealladh ghealladh ngealladh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gellad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gellaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 131

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish gellad (“pledging, promising; a pledge, a promise”), the verbal noun of gellaid (“pledges oneself, vows, promises; pledges, gives in pledge”).

Pronunciation

Noun

gealladh m (genitive singular geallaidh, plural geallaidhean)

  1. verbal noun of geall (“promise, wager; pledge, vow”)
    1. (act of) promising
    2. promise
    3. (act of) pledging
    4. pledge
    5. (act of) vowing
    6. vow
    7. (act of) betting
    8. bet

Mutation

Mutation of gealladh
radical lenition
gealladh ghealladh

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

References

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