goile

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gaile (“the stomach; belly, womb, bowels”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *galyos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰl̥H-yo-; see the compound form eclas (“stomach”).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

goile m (genitive singular goile, nominative plural goilí or goileacha)

  1. stomach
  2. appetite

Declension

Declension of goile (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative goile goilí
vocative a ghoile a ghoilí
genitive goile goilí
dative goile goilí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an goile na goilí
genitive an ghoile na ngoilí
dative leis an ngoile
don ghoile 		leis na goilí

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • aigéad goile (“stomach acid”)
  • bain a ghoile de dhuine (“to spoil someone's appetite”)
  • béal an ghoile (“pit of stomach”)
  • cailleach ghoile (“tapeworm”)
  • calcadh goile (“constipation”)
  • casacht ghoile (“stomach-cough”)
  • cuir rud ar do ghoile (“to eat or drink something”)
  • déan do ghoile (“to whet one's appetite”)
  • do ghoile a bheith agat (“to have a good appetite”)
  • fead ghoile (“shrill sound in breathing”)
  • fiabhras goile (“gastric fever”)
  • gaoth ar ghoile (“wind in stomach”)
  • gaoth i ngoile (“flatulence”)
  • goile a bheith agat do rud (“to be able to stomach something”)
  • goile an leabhair (“manyplies”)
  • goile duilleach (“manyplies”)
  • goile na bhfeoirlingí (“reticulum”)
  • goiligh (“gut”, verb)
  • goiliúil (“appetizing”, adjective)
  • iompú goile (“stomach upset”)
  • log an ghoile (“pit of stomach”)
  • othras goile (“gastric ulcer”)
  • péist ghoile (“mawworm”)
  • pian ghoile (“stomach-ache”)
  • taom goile (“stomach upset”)
  • tinneas bhéal an ghoile (“indigestion”)
  • tinneas goile (“stomach-ache”)
  • tiontú goile (“stomach upset, vomiting”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of goile
radical lenition eclipsis
goile ghoile ngoile

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gaile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language,
  2. ^ David Stifter (14 September 2022) “Etymology of Old Irish eclas "gizzard" (St Cormac's Day 2022)”, in David Stifter’s YouTube Channel‎[1]
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 129
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 75, page 32

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