geall

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish gell (“pledge, surety; stake, wager”).

Noun

geall m (genitive singular gill, nominative plural geallta)

  1. pledge, pawn, token
  2. bet, wager
  3. asset, resource
  4. prize
Declension
Declension of geall

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative geall geallta
Vocative a ghill a gheallta
Genitive gill geallta
Dative geall geallta

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an geall na geallta
Genitive an ghill na ngeallta
Dative leis an ngeall

don gheall

 leis na geallta
Derived terms
  • geall le, i ngeall le (“dependent on; equal, equivalent, to; all but, almost”)
  • de gheall ar (“for the sake of; disposed to, intending to”)
  • i ngeall ar, mar gheall ar (“on account of; concerning”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish gellaid (“pledge; testify”), from gell (“pledge, surety”).

Verb

geall (present analytic geallann, future analytic geallfaidh, verbal noun gealladh, past participle geallta) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. promise, assure
  2. allot (to)
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present geallaim geallann tú;
geallair†		 geallann sé, sí geallaimid geallann sibh geallann siad;
geallaid†		 a gheallann; a gheallas /
a ngeallann*; a ngeallas*		 gealltar
past gheall mé; gheallas gheall tú; gheallais gheall sé, sí gheallamar; gheall muid gheall sibh; gheallabhair gheall siad; ghealladar a gheall /
ar gheall*		 gealladh
past habitual gheallainn ghealltá ghealladh sé, sí gheallaimis; ghealladh muid ghealladh sibh gheallaidís; ghealladh siad a ghealladh /
ar ghealladh*		 ghealltaí
future geallfaidh mé;
geallfad		 geallfaidh tú;
geallfair†		 geallfaidh sé, sí geallfaimid;
geallfaidh muid		 geallfaidh sibh geallfaidh siad;
geallfaid†		 a gheallfaidh; a gheallfas /
a ngeallfaidh*; a ngeallfas*		 geallfar
conditional gheallfainn / ngeallfainn‡‡ gheallfá / ngeallfᇇ gheallfadh sé, sí / ngeallfadh sé, s퇇 gheallfaimis; gheallfadh muid / ngeallfaimis‡‡; ngeallfadh muid‡‡ gheallfadh sibh / ngeallfadh sibh‡‡ gheallfaidís; gheallfadh siad / ngeallfaidís‡‡; ngeallfadh siad‡‡ a gheallfadh /
ar gheallfadh*		 gheallfaí / ngeallfa퇇
subjunctive present go ngealla mé;
go ngeallad†		 go ngealla tú;
go ngeallair†		 go ngealla sé, sí go ngeallaimid;
go ngealla muid		 go ngealla sibh go ngealla siad;
go ngeallaid†		 — go ngealltar
past dá ngeallainn dá ngealltá dá ngealladh sé, sí dá ngeallaimis;
dá ngealladh muid		 dá ngealladh sibh dá ngeallaidís;
dá ngealladh siad		 — dá ngealltaí
imperative geallaim geall gealladh sé, sí geallaimis geallaigí;
geallaidh†		 geallaidís — gealltar
verbal noun gealladh
past participle geallta

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
geall gheall ngeall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • “gell” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “gellaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “geall” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 131.
  • "geall" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish gell (“pledge, surety; stake, wager”).

Noun

geall m (genitive singular gill, plural gill)

  1. pledge
  2. mortgage
  3. bet, wager
  4. prize, reward
  5. desire, love
  6. notch
Derived terms
  • bùth-gheall (“pawnshop”)
  • geall-barantais m (“pledge; mortgage; bet”)
  • geall-cheannaiche m (“pawnbroker”)
  • geall-cinnidh m (“fine paid by one guilty of manslaughter to kinsmen of deceased”)
  • geall-dìolaidh m, geall-fhiachan m (“mortgage”)
  • geall-meas m (“compensation for anything carried away or destroyed; estimate”)
  • geall-réis m (“racing competition, games”)
  • geall-spréidh m (“cattle-show”)
  • geall-treabhaidh m (“ploughing-match”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish gellaid (“pledges oneself, vows, promises; pledges, wagers; gives in pledge; testifies”), from gell (“pledge, surety; stake, wager”).

Verb

geall (past gheall, future geallaidh, verbal noun gealltainn or gealladh, past participle geallte)

  1. promise, wager
  2. pledge, vow

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
geallgheall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “gell” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “gellaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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