gell

English

Noun

gell (plural gells)

  1. Eye dialect spelling of girl.
    • 1861, George Eliot, “Chapter 14”, in Silas Marner:
      Well, mayhap that'll do, as it's a little gell, for they're easier persuaded to sit i' one place nor the lads.
    • 1906, Edith Nesbit, The Railway Children, Chapter 4: "The engine-burglar":
      "You're a naughty little gell, that's what you are," said the fireman, and the engine-driver said:--
      "Daring little piece, I call her," but they made her sit down on an iron seat in the cab and told her to stop crying and tell them what she meant by it.
  2. Alternative form of gill (a leech)

Breton

Noun

gell

  1. Soft mutation of kell.

Adjective

gell

  1. brown

Cornish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡɛlː/

Etymology 1

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”))).

Adjective

gell

  1. light brown

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

gell

  1. Soft mutation of kell.

Mutation
  Mutation of gell  
Cornish consonant mutation
unmutatedsoftaspiratehardmixedmixed after 'th
gell ell unchanged kell hell hell

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡɛl/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1

From gellen.

Adjective

gell (comparative geller, superlative am gellsten)

  1. (literary) shrill
Declension
Positive forms of gell
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
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
Comparative forms of gell
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
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
Superlative forms of gell
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
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

Etymology 2

From gelten (“to be valid”).

Adverb

gell

  1. (colloquial, regional, southern Germany, Switzerland, Austria) right?; is it?; is it not?
    Synonyms: ne, nicht, nicht wahr, oder, wa
    Wir gehen, gell? ― We’re going, aren’t we?
    Du verstehst mich, gell? ― You understand me, right?

Further reading

Icelandic

Verb

gell (strong)

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gjalla

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *geldom (“pledge”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (compare Proto-Germanic *geldaną (“to pay”)).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡʲel͈/

Noun

gell n

  1. a pledge, a surety.
  2. a hostage
  3. a stake, a wager

Inflection
Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative gellN gellN gellL, gella
Vocative gellN gellN gellL, gella
Accusative gellN gellN gellL, gella
Genitive gillL gell gellN
Dative giullL gellaib gellaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
gell gell
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/		 ngell
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Welsh

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡɛɬ/

Noun

gell

  1. Soft mutation of cell.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
cell gell nghell chell
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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