gell

See also: Gell and Géll

English

Etymology 1

Noun

gell (plural gells)Category:English lemmas#GELLCategory:English nouns#GELLCategory:English countable nouns#GELLCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#GELLCategory:Pages with entries#GELLCategory:Pages with 7 entries#GELL

  1. Pronunciation spelling of girlCategory:English pronunciation spellings#GELL.
    • 1861, George Eliot, “Chapter 14”, in Silas Marner:
      Well, mayhap that'll do, as it's a little gell, for they're easier persuaded to sit i' one place nor the lads.
      Category:English terms with quotations#GELL
    • 1906, Edith Nesbit, The Railway Children, Chapter 4: "The engine-burglar":
      "You're a naughty little gell, that's what you are," said the fireman, and the engine-driver said:--
      "Daring little piece, I call her," but they made her sit down on an iron seat in the cab and told her to stop crying and tell them what she meant by it.

Etymology 2

Noun

gell (plural gells)Category:English lemmas#GELLCategory:English nouns#GELLCategory:English countable nouns#GELLCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#GELLCategory:Pages with entries#GELLCategory:Pages with 7 entries#GELL

  1. Alternative form of gill (“a leech”).

Breton

Noun

gellCategory:Breton non-lemma forms#GELLCategory:Breton mutated nouns#GELLCategory:Breton entries with incorrect language header#GELLCategory:Pages with entries#GELLCategory:Pages with 7 entries#GELL

  1. soft mutation of kellCategory:Breton soft-mutation forms#KELL

Adjective

gellCategory:Breton lemmas#GELLCategory:Breton adjectives#GELLCategory:Breton entries with incorrect language header#GELLCategory:Pages with entries#GELLCategory:Pages with 7 entries#GELL

  1. brown

See also

Colors in Breton · livioù (layout · text)
     gwenn      louet      du
             ruz              orañjez, melen-ruz; gell              melen
                          gwer, glas             
             cyan                           glas
                          magenta; glasruz              roz

Cornish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-CelticCategory:Cornish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic#GELLCategory:Cornish terms derived from Proto-Celtic#GELL *gello- (“yellow”) or *gelos (“white”) (compare Middle Welsh gell (“yellow”), Old Irish gel (“white, fair, shining”), whence Irish geal (“white, bright”)), from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Cornish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#GELL *ǵʰelh₃- (“gleam, yellow”) (compare English yellow, Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “light green”), Latin helvus (“dull yellow”), Lithuanian žalias (“green”), Persian زر (zar, “yellow”), Sanskrit हरि (hari, “greenish-yellow”), Welsh gell (“bay”)).

Adjective

gell (comparative moy gellCategory:Cornish links with redundant wikilinks#GELL)Category:Cornish lemmas#GELLCategory:Cornish adjectives#GELLCategory:Cornish entries with incorrect language header#GELLCategory:Pages with entries#GELLCategory:Pages with 7 entries#GELL

  1. light brown, tan, fawn
    gell:  
Derived terms
  • gorm (“dark brown”)
See also
Colors in Cornish · liwyow (layout · text)
     gwynn      loos, glas      du
             rudh; kogh              rudhvelyn, melynrudh; gell, gorm              melyn; losvelyn
                          gwyrdh, gwer, glas             
             glaswyrdh, glaswer; gwerlas              glaswyn, blou              glas
             glasrudh, purpur; indigo              majenta; purpur, glasrudh              gwynnrudh, kigliw

Mutation

Mutation of gell
radicalsoftaspiratehardmixed
gell ell unchanged kell hell

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

gellCategory:Cornish non-lemma forms#GELLCategory:Cornish mutated nouns#GELLCategory:Cornish entries with incorrect language header#GELLCategory:Pages with entries#GELLCategory:Pages with 7 entries#GELL

  1. soft mutation of kellCategory:Cornish soft-mutation forms#KELL
Category:kw:Colors#GELL

German

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From gellen.

Adjective

gell (strong nominative masculine singular geller, comparative geller, superlative am gellsten)Category:German lemmas#GELLCategory:German adjectives#GELLCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#GELLCategory:Pages with entries#GELLCategory:Pages with 7 entries#GELL

  1. (literaryCategory:German literary terms#GELL) shrill
Declension
Comparative forms of gell
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist geller sie ist geller es ist geller sie sind geller
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative gellerer gellere gelleres gellere
genitive gelleren gellerer gelleren gellerer
dative gellerem gellerer gellerem gelleren
accusative gelleren gellere gelleres gellere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der gellere die gellere das gellere die gelleren
genitive des gelleren der gelleren des gelleren der gelleren
dative dem gelleren der gelleren dem gelleren den gelleren
accusative den gelleren die gellere das gellere die gelleren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein gellerer eine gellere ein gelleres (keine) gelleren
genitive eines gelleren einer gelleren eines gelleren (keiner) gelleren
dative einem gelleren einer gelleren einem gelleren (keinen) gelleren
accusative einen gelleren eine gellere ein gelleres (keine) gelleren

Etymology 2

Clipping of gelt esCategory:German links with redundant alt parameters#GELLCategory:German clippings#GELL, from gelten (“to be valid”).

Particle

gellCategory:German lemmas#GELLCategory:German particles#GELLCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#GELLCategory:Pages with entries#GELLCategory:Pages with 7 entries#GELL

  1. (colloquialCategory:German colloquialisms#GELL, regionalCategory:Regional German#GELL, Southern GermanyCategory:Southern German#GELL, SwitzerlandCategory:Switzerland German#GELL, AustriaCategory:Austrian German#GELL, South TyrolCategory:South Tyrolean German#GELL, LiechtensteinCategory:Liechtenstein German#GELL, Alsace) emphasis and question marker particle; asks for confirmation; right?; eh?; isn't it, innit?
    Synonyms: oder, (Chiefly Northwestern Germany) ne, (Eastern Germany) wa; see also Thesaurus:nicht wahr
    Wir gehen, gell? ― We’re going, aren’t we?Category:German terms with usage examples#GELL
    Du verstehst mich, gell? ― You understand me, right?Category:German terms with usage examples#GELL
Alternative forms

Further reading

Icelandic

Verb

gellCategory:Icelandic non-lemma forms#GELLCategory:Icelandic verb forms#GELLCategory:Icelandic entries with incorrect language header#GELLCategory:Pages with entries#GELLCategory:Pages with 7 entries#GELL (strong)

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gjalla

Old Irish

Etymology

Category:Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#GELLCategory:Old Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʰeldʰ-#GELL

From Proto-CelticCategory:Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic#GELL *geldom (“pledge”), possibly from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#GELL *gʰeldʰ- (compare Proto-Germanic *geldaną (“to pay”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

gell nCategory:Old Irish lemmas#GELLCategory:Old Irish nouns#GELLCategory:Old Irish entries with incorrect language header#GELLCategory:Old Irish neuter nouns#GELLCategory:Pages with entries#GELLCategory:Pages with 7 entries#GELL

  1. pledge, surety
  2. hostage
  3. stake, wager

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative gellN gellN gellL, gella
vocative gellN gellN gellL, gella
accusative gellN gellN gellL, gella
genitive gillL gell gellN
dative giullL gellaib gellaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Category:Old Irish neuter o-stem nouns#GELL

Derived terms

Descendants

Mutation

Mutation of gell
radicallenitionnasalization
gellgell
pronounced with /ɣʲ-/		ngell

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

Further reading

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Category:Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#GELCategory:Welsh terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰelh₃-#GEL

From Middle WelshCategory:Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh#GEL gell (“yellow”), from Proto-CelticCategory:Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic#GELCategory:Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic#GEL *gellos (“yellow”) or *gelos (“white”) (compare Old Irish gel (“white, fair, shining”)), from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#GEL *ǵʰelh₃- (“gleam, yellow”) (compare English yellow, Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “light green”), Latin helvus (“dull yellow”), Lithuanian žalias (“green”), Persian زر (zar, “yellow”), Sanskrit हरि (hari, “greenish-yellow”)).

Adjective

gell (feminine singular gell, plural gell, equative gelled, comparative gellach, superlative gellaf)Category:Welsh lemmas#GELCategory:Welsh adjectives#GELCategory:Welsh entries with incorrect language header#GELCategory:Pages with entries#GELLCategory:Pages with 7 entries#GELLCategory:Welsh adjectives with red links in their headword lines#GEL

  1. bay, brown, auburn
    Synonyms: gwinau, rhuddgoch, melyngoch, melynddu
Derived terms
  • gellgi (“a Welsh staghound”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gell
radical soft nasal aspirate
gell ell ngell unchanged

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

gellCategory:Welsh non-lemma forms#GELCategory:Welsh mutated nouns#GELCategory:Welsh entries with incorrect language header#GELCategory:Pages with entries#GELLCategory:Pages with 7 entries#GELL

  1. soft mutation of cellCategory:Welsh soft-mutation forms#CEL

Mutation

Mutated forms of cell
radical soft nasal aspirate
cell gell nghell chell

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

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “gell”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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