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gealltanas
gealltanas
Irish
Alternative forms
- gealltas
Noun
gealltanas m (genitive singular gealltanais, nominative plural gealltanais)
Declension
Declension of gealltanas
First declension
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Derived terms
Terms derived from gealltanas
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gealltanas | ghealltanas | ngealltanas |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "gealltanas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “gelltanus” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- gealltaineas
Etymology
From Old Irish gelltanus (“promise”).
Noun
gealltanas m (genitive singular gealltanais, plural gealltanasan)
Related terms
- geall (“promise”, verb)
- gealltanach (“hopeful, promising, promissory”)
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
- “gelltanus” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.