géill

See also: gèill

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish gíallaid (“gives hostages, obeys, submits; serves, is in base clientship; obeys, serves”), from gíall m (“a human pledge, a hostage”) (compare modern giall).

Verb

géill (present analytic géilleann, future analytic géillfidh, verbal noun géilleadh, past participle géillte)

(ambitransitive, with do) yield, submit (to)
1. render obedience to
2. defer to
3. surrender to
4. comply with
5. give oneself to
6. give credence to
7. give way to
8. concede
9. respond to

Conjugation

Conjugation of *géill* (first conjugation – A)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	géillim	géilleann tú; géillir^†	géilleann sé, sí	géillimid; géilleann muid	géilleann sibh	géilleann siad; géillid^†	a ghéilleann; a ghéilleas	géilltear
past	ghéill mé; ghéilleas	ghéill tú; ghéillis	ghéill sé, sí	ghéilleamar; ghéill muid	ghéill sibh; ghéilleabhair	ghéill siad; ghéilleadar	a ghéill	géilleadh
past habitual	ghéillinn / géillinn^‡	ghéillteá / géillteá^‡	ghéilleadh sé, sí / géilleadh sé, sí^‡	ghéillimis; ghéilleadh muid / géillimis^‡; géilleadh muid^‡	ghéilleadh sibh / géilleadh sibh^‡	ghéillidís; ghéilleadh siad / géillidís^‡; géilleadh siad^‡	a ghéilleadh	ghéilltí / géilltí^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	géillfidh mé; géillfead	géillfidh tú; géillfir^†	géillfidh sé, sí	géillfimid; géillfidh muid	géillfidh sibh	géillfidh siad; géillfid^†	a ghéillfidh; a ghéillfeas	géillfear
conditional	ghéillfinn / géillfinn^‡	ghéillfeá / géillfeá^‡	ghéillfeadh sé, sí / géillfeadh sé, sí^‡	ghéillfimis; ghéillfeadh muid / géillfimis^‡; géillfeadh muid^‡	ghéillfeadh sibh / géillfeadh sibh^‡	ghéillfidís; ghéillfeadh siad / géillfidís^‡; géillfeadh siad^‡	a ghéillfeadh	ghéillfí / géillfí^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	go ngéille mé; go ngéillead^†	go ngéille tú; go ngéillir^†	go ngéille sé, sí	go ngéillimid; go ngéille muid	go ngéille sibh	go ngéille siad; go ngéillid^†	—	go ngéilltear
past	dá ngéillinn	dá ngéillteá	dá ngéilleadh sé, sí	dá ngéillimis; dá ngéilleadh muid	dá ngéilleadh sibh	dá ngéillidís; dá ngéilleadh siad	—	dá ngéilltí

imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	géillim	géill	géilleadh sé, sí	géillimis	géilligí; géillidh^†	géillidís	—	géilltear

past participle	géillte

verbal noun	géilleadh

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Derived terms

géill slí (“yield right of way”)

Etymology 2

Noun

géill m

genitive singular of giall (“hostage, (human) pledge”)
alternative nominative plural of giall

Etymology 3

Noun

géill m

genitive singular of giall (“jaw, (lower) cheek; cheek, jamb of door, etc.; corner of gable-end”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *géill*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
géill	ghéill	ngéill

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

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “géill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gíallaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language