giallnas

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish gíallnus (“hostageship, captivity”), from gíall (“human pledge, hostage”).

Noun

giallnas m (genitive singular giallnais)

1. (literary) hostageship

   Synonym: giallacht

Declension

Declension of giallnas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative giallnas Vocative a ghiallnais Genitive giallnais Dative giallnas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an giallnas Genitive an ghiallnais Dative leis an ngiallnas don ghiallnas

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
giallnas	ghiallnas	ngiallnas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “giallnas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN