gella

== Icelandic == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Danish gælle (“gill; certain parts removed from a herring before it is processed”), from Old Norse gjǫlnar. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [ˈcɛl(ː)a] Rhymes: -ɛlːa ==== Noun ==== gella f (genitive singular gellu, nominative plural gellur) cod tongue (the fleshy muscle under the jaw of a fish, esp. a cod; an Icelandic delicacy; equivalent to Basque cococha) Synonym: kverksigi ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== hrista gelluna === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Danish gælle (“to gill (a fish)”); see Etymology 1. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [ˈcɛl(ː)a] Rhymes: -ɛlːa ==== Verb ==== gella (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gellaði, supine gellað) (fishing, rare) to gill (a fish) ===== Conjugation ===== This verb needs an inflection-table template. === Etymology 3 === Probably borrowed from English gal. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [ˈcɛl(ː)a] Rhymes: -ɛlːa ==== Noun ==== gella f (genitive singular gellu, nominative plural gellur) (slang) an attractive or stylish girl or young woman; babe, chick, bird (UK) Synonyms: skutla, skvísa ===== Declension ===== ==== See also ==== gaur stúlka === Etymology 4 === Derived from Etymology 3. Usually in the middle voice, but also found as gella sig upp (literally “to do oneself up, to style oneself up”). Probably borrowed from English gal. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [ˈcɛl(ː)a] Rhymes: -ɛlːa ==== Verb ==== gella (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gellaði, supine gellað) (slang) to style (oneself), to do (oneself) up Ég horfði á systur mína gellast í 90's-tískunni. ― I watched my sister do herself up in 90's fashion. ===== Conjugation ===== This verb needs an inflection-table template. === Etymology 5 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [ˈcɛtla] Rhymes: -ɛtla ==== Verb ==== gella (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative gall, third-person plural past indicative gullum, supine gollið) to blow, to sound (of a flute, whistle, etc.) (also impersonal) lokaflautan gellur (við) ― the final whistle blows það gellur í flautunni ― the flute sounds ===== Conjugation ===== This verb needs an inflection-table template. == Old Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡʲe.l̪a/ === Verb === ·gella third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive conjunct of gellaid === Mutation ===