giollúil

Irish

Etymology

From giolla (“youth; page, boy; gillie, attendant; manservant”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

giollúil (genitive singular masculine giollúil, genitive singular feminine giollúla, plural giollúla, comparative giollúla)

  1. lad-like, servant-like

Declension

Declension of giolliúil
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative giolliúil ghiolliúil giolliúla;
ghiolliúla2
vocative ghiolliúil giolliúla
genitive giolliúla giolliúla giolliúil
dative giolliúil;
ghiolliúil1 		ghiolliúil giolliúla;
ghiolliúla2
Comparative níos giolliúla
Superlative is giolliúla

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of giollúil
radical lenition eclipsis
giollúil ghiollúil ngiollúil

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

References

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