gell
English
Noun
gell (plural gells)
- Eye dialect spelling of girl.
- 1861, George Eliot, “Chapter 14”, in Silas Marner:
- Well, mayhap that'll do, as it's a little gell, for they're easier persuaded to sit i' one place nor the lads.
- 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.
- Alternative form of gill (a leech)
Breton
Noun
gell
- Soft mutation of kell.
Adjective
gell
Cornish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *gello- (“yellow”) or *gelo- (“white”) (compare Middle Welsh gell (“yellow”), Old Irish gel (“white, fair, shining”), whence Irish geal (“white, bright”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“gleam, yellow”) (compare English yellow, Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “light green”), Latin helvus (“dull yellow”), Lithuanian žalias (“green”), Persian زر (zar, “yellow”), Sanskrit हरि (hari, “greenish-yellow”), Welsh gwelw (“pale”))).
Adjective
gell
- light brown
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
gell
- Soft mutation of kell.
Mutation
German
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From gellen.
Adjective
gell (comparative geller, superlative am gellsten)
Declension
Etymology 2
From gelten (“to be valid”).
Adverb
gell
- (colloquial, regional, Southern Germany, Switzerland, Austria) right?; is it?; is it not?
- Synonyms: ne, nicht, nicht wahr, oder, wa
- Wir gehen, gell? ― We’re going, aren’t we?
- Du verstehst mich, gell? ― You understand me, right?
Further reading
- “gell (adjective)” in Duden online
- “gell (interjection)” in Duden online
Icelandic
Verb
Template:is-verb form (strong)
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *geldom (“pledge”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (compare Proto-Germanic *geldaną (“to pay”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
gell n
Inflection
Neuter o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | gellN | gellN | gellL, gella |
Vocative | gellN | gellN | gellL, gella |
Accusative | gellN | gellN | gellL, gella |
Genitive | gillL | gell | gellN |
Dative | giullL | gellaib | gellaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
Descendants
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. |
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Welsh
Pronunciation
Noun
gell
- Soft mutation of cell.
Mutation
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