giolla
Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɟul̪ˠə/[1][2][3], [ˈɟɯl̪ˠə], [ˈɟɨl̪ˠə][4]
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɟɨl̪ˠə/[5]
Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Irish gilla (“a youth of an age to bear arms”).[6]
Noun
[edit]giolla m (genitive singular giolla, nominative plural giollaí)
- page (serving boy), pageboy, manservant
- gillie, attendant
- errand boy, gofer
- (broadcasting) best boy
- (golf) caddie
Synonyms
[edit]- (manservant): searbhónta, seirbhíseach
Derived terms
[edit]- 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”)
Related terms
[edit]- giollanra m (“youths, attendants”)
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]giolla m (genitive singular giolla, nominative plural giollaí)
- Alternative form of goile (“stomach; appetite”)
Declension
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Mutation
[edit]| 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
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 443, page 89
- ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 17, page 9
- ^ 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
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 431, page 139
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gilla”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “giolla”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “giolla”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “giolla”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025