gillán

Middle Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʲil͈aːn/

Etymology 1

From gilla +‎ -án.

Noun

gillán m

1. young servant

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 gillán (‘young servant’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 2

From Old Irish gell +‎ -án.

Noun

gillán m

1. little hostage or pledge

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 gillán (‘little hostage’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
gillán	gillán pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/	ngillán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.