giallacht

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See also: gíallacht

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish gíallacht (“hostageship, captivity”), from gíall (“human pledge, hostage”).

Noun

giallacht f (genitive singular giallachta)

  1. hostageship, bondage

Declension

Declension of giallacht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative giallacht
vocative a ghiallacht
genitive giallachta
dative giallacht
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an ghiallacht
genitive na giallachta
dative leis an ngiallacht
don ghiallacht

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of giallacht
radical lenition eclipsis
giallacht ghiallacht ngiallacht

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

References

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