giallnas

== Irish == === Etymology === From Middle Irish gíallnus (“hostageship, captivity”), from gíall (“human pledge, hostage”). === Noun === giallnas m (genitive singular giallnais) (literary) hostageship Synonym: giallacht ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “giallnas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN