gíall
See also: giall
Old Irish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editAccording to MacBain, possibly borrowed from Old English ceafl (“cheek, jaw”).
Noun
editgíall m (genitive géill)
Inflection
editMasculine o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | gíall | gíallL | géillL |
Vocative | géill | gíallL | gíalluH |
Accusative | gíallN | gíallL | gíalluH |
Genitive | géillL | gíall | gíallN |
Dative | gíallL | gíallaib | gíallaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
editReferences
edit- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “giall”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page 193
Etymology 2
editFrom Proto-Celtic *gēstlos (compare Welsh gwystl, Cornish gostel, Breton gouestl), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeystlo-, from *gʰeydʰ-.
Noun
editgíall m (genitive géill)
Inflection
editMasculine o-stem | |||
---|---|---|---|
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | gíall | gíallL | géillL |
Vocative | géill | gíallL | gíalluH |
Accusative | gíallN | gíallL | gíalluH |
Genitive | géillL | gíall | gíallN |
Dative | gíallL | gíallaib | gíallaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
|
Descendants
editMutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
gíall | gíall pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ |
ngíall |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 gíall”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 gíall”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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