gealladh

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Noun:
  • Autonomous past verb form:
  • Third-person singular imperative verb form:

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.

References

  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), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 131

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

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