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gealladh

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish gellad (pledging, a pledge),[1] the verbal noun of gellaid (to pledge).[2] By surface analysis, geall +‎ -adh.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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

Verb

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gealladh

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

Mutation

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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.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gellad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gellaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 131

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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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

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