góilín

Irish

Alternative forms

  • gabhailín, gaibhlín[1]

Etymology

Dialectal form of gabhailín, from gabhal (“fork”) +‎ -ín.

Noun

góilín m (genitive singular góilín, nominative plural góilíní)

  1. inlet, creek, gullet (channel for water)

Declension

Declension of góilín (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative góilín góilíní
vocative a ghóilín a ghóilíní
genitive góilín góilíní
dative góilín góilíní
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an góilín na góilíní
genitive an ghóilín na ngóilíní
dative leis an ngóilín
don ghóilín 		leis na góilíní

Derived terms

  • An Góilín (“Goleen”)
  • góilíneach

Descendants

  • → Scots: gullion

Mutation

Mutated forms of góilín
radical lenition eclipsis
góilín ghóilín ngóilín

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

References

  1. ^ “góilín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gaiḃlín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 345
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “goilín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 559; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “góilín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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