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gèill
gèill
See also: géill
Scottish Gaelic
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
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “gíallaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.