guaillí

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From gualainn (shoulder) +‎ .

Noun

guaillí m (genitive singular guaillí, nominative plural guaillithe)

  1. companion, comrade, body attendant
  2. champion
Declension
Declension of guaillí (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative guaillí guaillithe
vocative a ghuaillí a ghuaillithe
genitive guaillí guaillithe
dative guaillí guaillithe
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an guaillí na guaillithe
genitive an ghuaillí na nguaillithe
dative leis an nguaillí
don ghuaillí
leis na guaillithe
Alternative forms
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

guaillí f pl

  1. plural of gualainn

Mutation

Mutated forms of guaillí
radical lenition eclipsis
guaillí ghuaillí nguaillí

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 130