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.

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