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#* '''1906''', [[w:Edith Nesbit|Edith Nesbit]], ''[[s:The Railway Children/Chapter 4|The Railway Children]]'', Chapter 4: The engine-burglar, |
#* '''1906''', [[w:Edith Nesbit|Edith Nesbit]], ''[[s:The Railway Children/Chapter 4|The Railway Children]]'', Chapter 4: The engine-burglar, |
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#*: "You're a naughty little '''gell''', that's what you are," said the fireman, and the engine-driver said:-- |
#*: "You're a naughty little '''gell''', that's what you are," said the fireman, and the engine-driver said:-- |
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#*:"Daring little piece, I call her," but they made her sit down on an iron seat in the cab and told her to stop crying and tell them what she meant by it. |
#*: "Daring little piece, I call her," but they made her sit down on an iron seat in the cab and told her to stop crying and tell them what she meant by it. |
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# {{alternative form of|gill|nodot=yes}} (a leech) |
# {{alternative form of|gill|nodot=yes}} (a leech) |
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==Old Irish== |
==Old Irish== |
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## a [[hostage]] |
## a [[hostage]] |
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# a [[stake]], a [[wager]] |
# a [[stake]], a [[wager]] |
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# {{context|context|by extension of 1 and 2|lang=sga}} the [[equal]], the [[equivalent]] |
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# in prepositional phrases |
# in prepositional phrases |
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#* '''do gheall ar''' |
#* '''do gheall ar''' |
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#*: ''in return for'' |
#*: ''in return for'' |
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===Derived terms=== |
====Derived terms==== |
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* {{term|gellach|lang=sga}} |
* {{term|gellach|lang=sga}} |
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* {{term|gillán|lang=sga}} |
* {{term|gillán|lang=sga}} |
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====Descendants==== |
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* [[Middle Irish]]: {{term|geall|lang=mga}} |
* [[Middle Irish]]: {{term|geall|lang=mga}} |
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* [[Irish]]: {{term|geall|lang=ga}} |
* [[Irish]]: {{term|geall|lang=ga}} |
Revision as of 16:34, 22 September 2013
English
Noun
gell (plural gells)
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- 1906, Edith Nesbit, The Railway Children, Chapter 4: The engine-burglar,
- "You're a naughty little gell, that's what you are," said the fireman, and the engine-driver said:--
- "Daring little piece, I call her," but they made her sit down on an iron seat in the cab and told her to stop crying and tell them what she meant by it.
- 1906, Edith Nesbit, The Railway Children, Chapter 4: The engine-burglar,
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "gill" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. (a leech)
Cornish
Adjective
gell
German
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) gelten.
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter) IPA(key): /ɡɛl/
Adverb
gell
- (deprecated template usage) (slang) a tag question roughly equivalent to yes?, no?, isn’t that so?, right?, or innit
- Wir gehen, gell?
- We’re going, aren’t we?
- Du verstehst mich, gell?
- You understand me, right?
- Wir gehen, gell?
Usage notes
The word is generally restricted to South German speech.
See also
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- geall
Noun
gell n or m (o-stem)
- a pledge, a surety.
- a hostage
- a stake, a wager
- (deprecated template usage) (context, by extension of 1 and 2) the equal, the equivalent
- in prepositional phrases
- do gheall ar
- for the sake of
- i ... ngeall
- in need of; depending on
- i ngeall ar
- by means of; on account of; in exchange for; pledged to
- i ngeall re
- in pledge for; in lieu of; as the equivalent of; depending on; on account of
- mar gheall air
- in return for
- do gheall ar
Derived terms
Descendants
- Middle Irish: (deprecated template usage) geall
- Irish: (deprecated template usage) geall
- Scottish Gaelic: (deprecated template usage) geall
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
gell | gell pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ |
ngell |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- Cornish lemmas
- Cornish adjectives
- kw:Colors
- German 1-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German adverbs
- German slang
- Old Irish lemmas
- Old Irish nouns
- Old Irish neuter nouns
- Old Irish masculine nouns
- Old Irish nouns with multiple genders