gellaid

Old Irish

Etymology

From gell +‎ -aid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʲe.l̪əðʲ/
  • (Blasse) [ˈɡʲe.l̪ɪðʲ]
  • (Griffith) [ˈɡʲe.l̪ɨðʲ]

Verb

gellaid (conjunct ·gella, verbal noun gellad)

1. to pledge, promise

Conjugation

Simple, class A I present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive

		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present indicative	abs.			gellaid
	conj.	·gillim		·gella			·gellat	·gelltar
	rel.
imperfect indicative				·gellad
preterite	abs.
	conj.
	rel.
perfect	deut.
	prot.			·rugell	·rogelsam
future	abs.			gillfid
	conj.
	rel.
conditional
present subjunctive	abs.			gellaid
	conj.			·gella			·gellat	·gelltar
	rel.
past subjunctive				·gellad
imperative
verbal noun		gellad
past participle
verbal of necessity

Derived terms

• ad·gella
• do·oggell
• for·gella
• fo·gella

Descendants

• Irish: geall
• Manx: gial
• Scottish Gaelic: geall

Mutation

Mutation of gellaid

radical	lenition	nasalization
gellaid	gellaid pronounced with /ɣʲ-/	ngellaid

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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