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, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative giallnas
vocative a ghiallnais
genitive giallnais
dative giallnas
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an giallnas
genitive an ghiallnais
dative leis an ngiallnas
don ghiallnas

Mutation

Mutated forms of giallnas
radical lenition eclipsis
giallnas ghiallnas ngiallnas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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