gial

See also: giął

Manx

Etymology 1

From Old Irish gel, from Proto-Celtic *gelos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₂- (“to shine”).

Adjective

gial

  1. bright
    buigh-ghial ― bright yellow
    traaghyn gial ― bright intervals
  2. clear
  3. white
    Cha gial as (yn) sniaghtey. ― As white as snow.
  4. shining
  5. light-coloured
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

gial (verbal noun gialdyn, past participle giallit)

  1. promise
  2. grant
Derived terms
  • gialdin
  • gialdynagh
  • gialdyner
  • gialdynys

Mutation
Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
gialyialngial
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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