gial

See also: giął

Manx

Etymology 1

From Old Irish gel, from Proto-Celtic *gelos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₂- (“to shine”).

Adjective

gial (comparative s'gilley)

1. bright

   buigh-ghial ― bright yellow

   traaghyn gial ― bright intervals

2. clear
3. white

   Cha gial as (yn) sniaghtey. ― As white as snow.

4. shining
5. light-coloured

Derived terms

• giallee (“bleach; full”, verb)

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish gellaid, from Old Irish gellaid, a denominative verb from gell (“pledge”).

Verb

gial (verbal noun gialdyn, past participle giallit)

1. (transitive) promise
2. (transitive) grant

   Synonym: gioot

Derived terms

• fo-yial

Related terms

• gialdin
• gialdynagh
• gialdyner
• gialdynys

 

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gial	yial	ngial
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.