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

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “giollúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN