gíall

== Old Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡʲiːa̯l̪/ === Etymology 1 === According to MacBain, possibly borrowed from Old English ceafl (“cheek, jaw”). ==== Noun ==== gíall m (genitive géill) jaw ===== Inflection ===== ===== Descendants ===== Irish: giall (“jaw, lower cheek”) Scottish Gaelic: giall (“jaw, jowl”) ==== References ==== MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “giall”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page 193 === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Celtic *geistlos (compare Welsh gwystl, Cornish gostel, Breton gouestl), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeystlo-, from *gʰeydʰ-. ==== Noun ==== gíall m (genitive géill) human pledge, hostage ===== Inflection ===== ===== Descendants ===== Middle Irish: gíall Irish: giall (“hostage, human pledge”) Scottish Gaelic: giall ⇒ Middle Irish: gíallacht === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 gíall”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 gíall”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language