gealltanas

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish gelltanus (“promise”). By surface analysis, geall +‎ -tanas.

Noun

gealltanas m (genitive singular gealltanais, nominative plural gealltanais)

  1. pledge, promise

Declension
Declension of gealltanas

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gealltanas gealltanais
Vocative a ghealltanais a ghealltanasa
Genitive gealltanais gealltanas
Dative gealltanas gealltanais

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an gealltanas na gealltanais
Genitive an ghealltanais na ngealltanas
Dative leis an ngealltanas

don ghealltanas

 leis na gealltanais

Derived terms
  • fáinne gealltanais m (“engagement ring”)
  • gealltanas a bhriseadh (“to break a promise”)
  • gealltanas a chomhlíonadh (“to keep a promise”)
  • gealltanas a thabhairt do dhuine (“to make a promise to someone”)
  • gealltanas pósta m (“promise of marriage; engagement”)
  • sárú gealltanais m (“breach of promise”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gealltanas ghealltanas ngealltanas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms
  • gealltaineas

Etymology

From Old Irish gelltanus (“promise”).

Noun

gealltanas m (genitive singular gealltanais, plural gealltanasan)

  1. assurance, pledge, promise
  • geall (“promise”, verb)
  • gealltanach (“hopeful, promising, promissory”, adjective)

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
gealltanasghealltanas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “gealltanas”, 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), “gelltanus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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