gèill

See also: géill

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish gíallaid (“gives hostages, obeys, submits; serves, is in base clientship”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʲeːʎ/

Verb

gèill (past ghèill, future gèillidh, verbal noun gèilleadh, past participle gèillte)

1. surrender, submit, yield, cede, give up, comply
2. serve, obey, do homage
3. fail
4. break gradually under strain or pressure

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “gèill”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gíallaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language