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gealladh.

verbal noun of geall (“to promise”)

8 characters2 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɟal̪ˠə/Galway, Munster/ˈɟal̪ˠuː/Mayo/ˈɟal̪ˠu/Ulster/ˈɟal̪ˠəɡ/Munster
  1. verbal noun of geall (“to promise”)

    form-of · masculine · noun-from-verb
  2. promise

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish gellad (“pledging, a pledge”), the verbal noun of gellaid (“to pledge”). By surface analysis, geall + -adh.

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