gèill
See also: géill
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish gíallaid (“gives hostages, obeys, submits; serves, is in base clientship”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʲeːʎ/
Verb
gèill (past ghèill, future gèillidh, verbal noun gèilleadh, past participle gèillte)
- surrender, submit, yield, cede, give up, comply
- serve, obey, do homage
- fail
- break gradually under strain or pressure
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| gèill | ghèill |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “gèill”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gíallaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language