guilley

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish gilla; see there for further etymology. Cognate with Irish giolla and Scottish Gaelic gille.

Pronunciation

Noun

guilley m (genitive singular guilley, plural guillyn)

  1. boy, lad
    She guilley aghtal eh.
    The boy has capabilities.
    Va'n guilley çhing agglagh.
    The boy was terribly sick.
  2. (young male) servant, caddie, page, usher
    Cha row eh agh ny ghuilley oc.
    He was a mere tool in their hands.
    Ren eh guilley jeem.
    He made a tool of me.

Mutation

Mutation of guilley
radical lenition eclipsis
guilley ghuilley
also yuilley		 nguilley

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

References

  1. ^ Christopher Lewin (forthcoming) Sheean as Screeu, St John's: Culture Vannin, pages 37, 178, 196
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.