gealltanach

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Adjective[edit]

gealltanach (comparative gealltanaiche)

  1. hopeful, promising
    • ~1740, Rob Donn, Ian Grimble, Town & Country Life; republished as The World of Rob Donn, The Saltire Society, 1999, →ISBN, page 16:
      Gleidhidh 'n talamh chun an t-samhraidh;
      Sin a chrann e 'n dràst;
      Beith is cailltainn Latha Bealltainn
      Gealltanach air fàs.
      The land will hide until summer;
      It is hibernating now;
      Birch and hazel on the day of Beltane [May 1st]
      Will be showing promise of growth.
  2. promissory

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Noun[edit]

gealltanach m (genitive singular gealltanaich, plural gealltanaich)

  1. promiser, one who promises

Mutation[edit]

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