gíall

See also: giall

Old Irish

Etymology 1

Noun

gíall m

1. (anatomy) jaw

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Irish: giall (“jaw, lower cheek”)
• Scottish Gaelic: giall (“jaw, jowl”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *gēstlos (compare Welsh gwystl, Old Cornish guistel, Breton gouestl), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeystlo-, from *gʰeydʰ-.

Noun

gíall m

1. human pledge, hostage

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• gíallacht (“hostageship, captivity”)

Descendants

• Irish: giall (“hostage, human pledge”)
• Scottish Gaelic: giall (“hostage, pledge”)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
gíall	gíall pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/	ngíall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• “1 gíall” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “2 gíall” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.