giallacht

See also: gíallacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• giallachas m
• giallaí f
• giallaíocht f
• giallas m

Etymology

From Middle Irish gíallacht (“hostageship, captivity”), from gíall (“human pledge, hostage”).

Noun

giallacht f (genitive singular giallachta)

1. hostageship, bondage

Declension

Declension of giallacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative giallacht vocative a ghiallacht genitive giallachta dative giallacht forms with the definite article singular nominative an ghiallacht genitive na giallachta dative leis an ngiallacht don ghiallacht

Synonyms

• giallnas

Mutation

Mutated forms of giallacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
giallacht	ghiallacht	ngiallacht

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “giallacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN