gell (plural gells)
gell (plural gells)
gell
gell
gwenn | louet | du |
ruz | orañjez, melen-ruz; gell | melen |
gwer, glas | ||
cyan | glas | |
magenta; glasruz | roz |
From Proto-Celtic *gello- (“yellow”) or *gelo- (“white”) (compare Middle Welsh gell (“yellow”), Old Irish gel (“white, fair, shining”), whence Irish geal (“white, bright”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“gleam, yellow”) (compare English yellow, Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “light green”), Latin helvus (“dull yellow”), Lithuanian žalias (“green”), Persian زر (zar, “yellow”), Sanskrit हरि (hari, “greenish-yellow”), Welsh gwelw (“pale”)).
gell
gwynn | loos, glas | du |
rudh; kogh | rudhvelyn, melynrudh; gell, gorm | melyn; losvelyn |
gwyrdh, gwer, glas | ||
glaswyrdh, glaswer; gwerlas | glaswyn, blou | glas |
glasrudh, purpur; indigo | majenta; purpur, glasrudh | gwynnrudh, kigliw |
unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | mixed after 'th |
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gell | ell | unchanged | kell | hell | hell |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
gell
From gellen.
gell (strong nominative masculine singular geller, comparative geller, superlative am gellsten)
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist gell | sie ist gell | es ist gell | sie sind gell | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | geller | gelle | gelles | gelle |
genitive | gellen | geller | gellen | geller | |
dative | gellem | geller | gellem | gellen | |
accusative | gellen | gelle | gelles | gelle | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der gelle | die gelle | das gelle | die gellen |
genitive | des gellen | der gellen | des gellen | der gellen | |
dative | dem gellen | der gellen | dem gellen | den gellen | |
accusative | den gellen | die gelle | das gelle | die gellen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein geller | eine gelle | ein gelles | (keine) gellen |
genitive | eines gellen | einer gellen | eines gellen | (keiner) gellen | |
dative | einem gellen | einer gellen | einem gellen | (keinen) gellen | |
accusative | einen gellen | eine gelle | ein gelles | (keine) gellen |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist geller | sie ist geller | es ist geller | sie sind geller | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | gellerer | gellere | gelleres | gellere |
genitive | gelleren | gellerer | gelleren | gellerer | |
dative | gellerem | gellerer | gellerem | gelleren | |
accusative | gelleren | gellere | gelleres | gellere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der gellere | die gellere | das gellere | die gelleren |
genitive | des gelleren | der gelleren | des gelleren | der gelleren | |
dative | dem gelleren | der gelleren | dem gelleren | den gelleren | |
accusative | den gelleren | die gellere | das gellere | die gelleren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein gellerer | eine gellere | ein gelleres | (keine) gelleren |
genitive | eines gelleren | einer gelleren | eines gelleren | (keiner) gelleren | |
dative | einem gelleren | einer gelleren | einem gelleren | (keinen) gelleren | |
accusative | einen gelleren | eine gellere | ein gelleres | (keine) gelleren |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist am gellsten | sie ist am gellsten | es ist am gellsten | sie sind am gellsten | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | gellster | gellste | gellstes | gellste |
genitive | gellsten | gellster | gellsten | gellster | |
dative | gellstem | gellster | gellstem | gellsten | |
accusative | gellsten | gellste | gellstes | gellste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der gellste | die gellste | das gellste | die gellsten |
genitive | des gellsten | der gellsten | des gellsten | der gellsten | |
dative | dem gellsten | der gellsten | dem gellsten | den gellsten | |
accusative | den gellsten | die gellste | das gellste | die gellsten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein gellster | eine gellste | ein gellstes | (keine) gellsten |
genitive | eines gellsten | einer gellsten | eines gellsten | (keiner) gellsten | |
dative | einem gellsten | einer gellsten | einem gellsten | (keinen) gellsten | |
accusative | einen gellsten | eine gellste | ein gellstes | (keine) gellsten |
Clipping of gelt es, from gelten (“to be valid”).
gell
gell (strong)
From Proto-Celtic *geldom (“pledge”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (compare Proto-Germanic *geldaną (“to pay”)).
gell n
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | gellN | gellN | gellL, gella |
vocative | gellN | gellN | gellL, gella |
accusative | gellN | gellN | gellL, gella |
genitive | gillL | gell | gellN |
dative | giullL | gellaib | gellaib |
radical | lenition | nasalization |
---|---|---|
gell | gell pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ |
ngell |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
gell
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
---|---|---|---|
cell | gell | nghell | chell |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
From Middle Welsh gell (“yellow”), from Proto-Celtic *gellos (“yellow”) or *gelos (“white”) (compare Old Irish gel (“white, fair, shining”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“gleam, yellow”) (compare English yellow, Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “light green”), Latin helvus (“dull yellow”), Lithuanian žalias (“green”), Persian زر (zar, “yellow”), Sanskrit हरि (hari, “greenish-yellow”)).
gell (feminine singular gell, plural gell, equative gelled, comparative gellach, superlative gellaf)
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
---|---|---|---|
gell | ell | ngell | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.