gealltanas

Irish

Alternative forms

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
singular plural
nominative gealltanas gealltanais
vocative a ghealltanais a ghealltanasa
genitive gealltanais gealltanas
dative gealltanas gealltanais
forms with the definite article
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

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • gealltaineas

Etymology

From Old Irish gelltanus (“promise”).

Noun

gealltanas m (genitive singular gealltanais, plural gealltanasan)

  1. assurance, pledge, promise
  • 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
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