giolla

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish gilla (“a youth of an age to bear arms”).[6]

Noun

giolla m (genitive singular giolla, nominative plural giollaí)

  1. page (serving boy), pageboy, manservant
  2. gillie, attendant
  3. errand boy, gofer
  4. (broadcasting) best boy
  5. (golf) caddie
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • banghiolla (“female attendant; usherette”)
  • giolla airm (“armour-bearer”)
  • giolla capaill (“horse-boy”)
  • giolla clódóra (“printer's devil”)
  • giolla cóiste (“(carriage) footman”)
  • giolla cúirte (“court attendant”)
  • giolla eich (“horse-boy”)
  • giolla gabha (“smith's helper”)
  • giolla gan iarraidh (“meddler”)
  • giolla grá (“confidential servant”)
  • giolla na leisce (“idle fellow, lazy-bones”)
  • giolla púdair (“powder-monkey”)
  • giolla rósta (“roasting jack”)
  • giolla rua (“gillaroo”)
  • giollacht f (“attendance, service, guidance”)
  • giollán m (“little lad; little fellow”)
  • giollúil (“lad-like, servant-like”, adjective)
  • lus an ghiolla (“lousewort”)
  • giollanra m (“youths, attendants”)

Etymology 2

Noun

giolla m (genitive singular giolla, nominative plural giollaí)

  1. alternative form of goile (“stomach; appetite”)

Declension

Declension of giolla (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative giolla giollaí
vocative a ghiolla a ghiollaí
genitive giolla giollaí
dative giolla giollaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an giolla na giollaí
genitive an ghiolla na ngiollaí
dative leis an ngiolla
don ghiolla 		leis na giollaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of giolla
radical lenition eclipsis
giolla ghiolla ngiolla

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

References

  1. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 77, page 22; reprinted 1988
  2. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 443, page 89
  3. ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 17, page 9
  4. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 150, page 77
  5. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 431, page 139
  6. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gilla”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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