giallacht

giallacht

See also: gíallacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• giallachas m
• giallaí f
• giallaíocht f
• giallas m

Etymology

From Old Irish gíallacht (“hostageship, captivity”), from gíall (“human pledge, hostage”).

Noun

giallacht f (genitive singular giallachta)

1. hostageship, bondage

Declension

Declension of giallacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative giallacht Vocative a ghiallacht Genitive giallachta Dative giallacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an ghiallacht Genitive na giallachta Dative leis an ngiallacht don ghiallacht

Synonyms

• giallnas

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
giallacht	ghiallacht	ngiallacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• "giallacht" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.