gillán

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Middle Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡʲil͈aːn/

Etymology 1

From gilla +‎ -án.

Noun

gillán m

young servant

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 gillán (‘young servant’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 2

From Old Irish gell +‎ -án.

Noun

gillán m

little hostage or pledge

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 gillán (‘little hostage’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Mutation

Mutation of *gillán*
radical	lenition	nasalization
gillán	gillán pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/	ngillán

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

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