See also: gèill

Irish edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Irish gíallaid (gives hostages, obeys, submits; serves, is in base clientship; obeys, serves), from gíall m (a human pledge, a hostage) (compare modern giall).

Verb edit

géill (present analytic géilleann, future analytic géillfidh, verbal noun géilleadh, past participle géillte)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, with do) yield, submit (to)
    1. render obedience to
    2. defer to
    3. surrender to
    4. comply with
    5. give oneself to
    6. give credence to
    7. give way to
    8. concede
    9. respond to
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

géill m

  1. genitive singular of giall (hostage, (human) pledge)
  2. alternative nominative plural of giall

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

géill m

  1. genitive singular of giall (jaw, (lower) cheek; cheek, jamb of door, etc.; corner of gable-end)

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
géill ghéill ngéill
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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