gell

== English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== gell (plural gells) Pronunciation spelling of girl. 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) Alternative form of gill (“a leech”). == Breton == === Noun === gell soft mutation of kell === Adjective === gell brown === See also === == Cornish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɛlː/ === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Celtic *gello- (“yellow”) or *gelos (“white”) (compare Middle Welsh gell (“yellow”), Old Irish gel (“white, fair, shining”), whence Irish geal (“white, bright”)), from Proto-Indo-European *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 gell) light brown, tan, fawn ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== gorm (“dark brown”) ===== See also ===== ==== Mutation ==== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== gell soft mutation of kell == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɛl/ Rhymes: -ɛl === Etymology 1 === From gellen. ==== Adjective ==== gell (strong nominative masculine singular geller, comparative geller, superlative am gellsten) (literary) shrill ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === Clipping of gelt es, from gelten (“to be valid”). ==== Particle ==== gell (colloquial, regional, Southern Germany, Switzerland, Austria, South Tyrol, Liechtenstein, 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? Du verstehst mich, gell? ― You understand me, right? ===== Alternative forms ===== gelle, gelt === Further reading === “gell (adjective)” in Duden online “gell (interjection)” in Duden online “gell” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Icelandic == === Verb === gell (strong) first-person singular present indicative of gjalla == Old Irish == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *geldom (“pledge”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (compare Proto-Germanic *geldaną (“to pay”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡʲel̪/ === Noun === gell n pledge, surety hostage stake, wager ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== gellach gellaid forcell ==== Descendants ==== Middle Irish: gell Irish: geall Scottish Gaelic: geall ⇒ Middle Irish: gillán === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language == Welsh == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɛɬ/ Rhymes: -ɛɬ === Etymology 1 === From Middle Welsh gell (“yellow”), from Proto-Celtic *gellos (“yellow”) or *gelos (“white”) (compare Old Irish gel (“white, fair, shining”)), from Proto-Indo-European *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) bay, brown, auburn Synonyms: gwinau, rhuddgoch, melyngoch, melynddu ===== Derived terms ===== gellgi (“a Welsh staghound”) ==== Mutation ==== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== gell soft mutation of cell ==== Mutation ==== === 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