gealltanas

Irish

Alternative forms

• gealltas

Etymology

From Old Irish gelltanus (“promise”). By surface analysis, geall +‎ -tanas.

Noun

gealltanas m (genitive singular gealltanais, nominative plural gealltanais)

1. pledge, promise

Declension

Declension of gealltanas (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative gealltanas gealltanais vocative a ghealltanais a ghealltanasa genitive gealltanais gealltanas dative gealltanas gealltanais forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an gealltanas na gealltanais genitive an ghealltanais na ngealltanas dative leis an ngealltanas don ghealltanas leis na gealltanais

Derived terms

• fáinne gealltanais m (“engagement ring”)
• gealltanas a bhriseadh (“to break a promise”)
• gealltanas a chomhlíonadh (“to keep a promise”)
• gealltanas a thabhairt do dhuine (“to make a promise to someone”)
• gealltanas pósta m (“promise of marriage; engagement”)
• sárú gealltanais m (“breach of promise”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of gealltanas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gealltanas	ghealltanas	ngealltanas

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) “gealltanas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gelltanus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gealltanas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “gealltanas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• gealltaineas

Etymology

From Old Irish gelltanus (“promise”).

Noun

gealltanas m (genitive singular gealltanais, plural gealltanasan)

1. assurance, pledge, promise

Related terms

• geall (“promise”, verb)
• gealltanach (“hopeful, promising, promissory”, adjective)

 

Mutation

Mutation of gealltanas

radical	lenition
gealltanas	ghealltanas

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

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “gealltanas”, 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), “gelltanus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language