gealladh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gellad (“pledging, a pledge”), the verbal noun of gellaid (“to pledge”). By surface analysis, geall +‎ -adh.

Pronunciation

• Noun:
  • (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈɟal̪ˠə/
  • (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɟal̪ˠuː/
• Autonomous past verb form:
  • (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɟal̪ˠəɡ/
  • (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈɟal̪ˠəvˠ/
  • (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɟal̪ˠuː/
• Third-person singular imperative verb form:
  • (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɟal̪ˠəx/
  • (Galway) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈɟal̪ˠətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈɟal̪ˠəx/
  • (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈɟal̪ˠətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈɟal̪ˠuː/

Noun

gealladh m (genitive singular geallta, nominative plural gealltaí)

1. verbal noun of geall (“promise, assure; allot (to)”)
2. promise, pre-indication
3. (business) acceptance

Declension

Declension of gealladh (irregular)

bare forms singular plural nominative gealladh gealltaí vocative a ghealladh a ghealltaí genitive geallta gealltaí dative gealladh gealltaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an gealladh na gealltaí genitive an gheallta na ngealltaí dative leis an ngealladh don ghealladh leis na gealltaí

Verb

gealladh

1. inflection of geall (“promise”):
   1. autonomous past indicative
   2. third-person singular imperative

Mutation

Mutated forms of gealladh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gealladh	ghealladh	ngealladh

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gealladh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “gealladh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish gellad (“pledging, promising; a pledge, a promise”), the verbal noun of gellaid (“pledges oneself, vows, promises; pledges, gives in pledge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʲaɫ̪əɣ/

Noun

gealladh m (genitive singular geallaidh, plural geallaidhean)

1. verbal noun of geall (“promise, wager; pledge, vow”)
   1. (act of) promising
   2. promise
   3. (act of) pledging
   4. pledge
   5. (act of) vowing
   6. vow
   7. (act of) betting
   8. bet

Mutation

Mutation of gealladh

radical	lenition
gealladh	ghealladh

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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “gealladh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gellad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gellaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language