goil

See also: goił

English

Noun

goil (plural goils)

1. Pronunciation spelling of girl.
   • 1967, Trudy Baker, Rachel Jones, Donald Bain (uncredited), Coffee, Tea, or Me?: The Uninhibited Memoirs of Two Airline Stewardesses, New York: Bantam Books, page 7:

     “You goils ain't gonna be flyin' today.” Our cab driver was Maxwell Solomon, Hack Number 30756M.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoʏ̯l/

Adjective

goil (strong nominative masculine singular goiler, comparative goiler, superlative am goilsten)

1. (nonstandard) Pronunciation spelling of geil.
   • 2009, Christian Ulmen, Für Uwe‎^[2], Rowohlt, →ISBN:

     Wie goil das war! Papa war genau wie Herrn Immer.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

Sometimes associated with the skinhead scene from the typical use of -oi- (as in deutsch → doitsch; but coming from English oi).

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish golaid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛlʲ/

Verb

goil (present analytic goileann, future analytic goilfidh, verbal noun gol, past participle goilte)

1. weep, cry (softly)

Conjugation

conjugation of goil (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	goilim	goileann tú; goilir†	goileann sé, sí	goilimid	goileann sibh	goileann siad; goilid†	a ghoileann; a ghoileas / a ngoileann*	goiltear
	past	ghoil mé; ghoileas	ghoil tú; ghoilis	ghoil sé, sí	ghoileamar; ghoil muid	ghoil sibh; ghoileabhair	ghoil siad; ghoileadar	a ghoil / ar ghoil*	goileadh
	past habitual	ghoilinn / ngoilinn‡‡	ghoilteá / ngoilteᇇ	ghoileadh sé, sí / ngoileadh sé, s퇇	ghoilimis; ghoileadh muid / ngoilimis‡‡; ngoileadh muid‡‡	ghoileadh sibh / ngoileadh sibh‡‡	ghoilidís; ghoileadh siad / ngoilidís‡‡; ngoileadh siad‡‡	a ghoileadh / a ngoileadh*	ghoiltí / ngoilt퇇
future		goilfidh mé; goilfead	goilfidh tú; goilfir†	goilfidh sé, sí	goilfimid; goilfidh muid	goilfidh sibh	goilfidh siad; goilfid†	a ghoilfidh; a ghoilfeas / a ngoilfidh*	goilfear
conditional		ghoilfinn / ngoilfinn‡‡	ghoilfeá / ngoilfeᇇ	ghoilfeadh sé, sí / ngoilfeadh sé, s퇇	ghoilfimis; ghoilfeadh muid / ngoilfimis‡‡; ngoilfeadh muid‡‡	ghoilfeadh sibh / ngoilfeadh sibh‡‡	ghoilfidís; ghoilfeadh siad / ngoilfidís‡‡; ngoilfeadh siad‡‡	a ghoilfeadh / a ngoilfeadh*	ghoilfí / ngoilf퇇
subjunctive	present	go ngoile mé; go ngoilead†	go ngoile tú; go ngoilir†	go ngoile sé, sí	go ngoilimid; go ngoile muid	go ngoile sibh	go ngoile siad; go ngoilid†	—	go ngoiltear
	past	dá ngoilinn	dá ngoilteá	dá ngoileadh sé, sí	dá ngoilimis; dá ngoileadh muid	dá ngoileadh sibh	dá ngoilidís; dá ngoileadh siad	—	dá ngoiltí
imperative		goilim	goil	goileadh sé, sí	goilimis	goiligí; goilidh†	goilidís	—	goiltear
verbal noun		gol
past participle		goilte

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Synonyms

• caoin

Etymology 2

Either a rapid-speech variant of gabháil or a variant of dul with assimilation of /d̪ˠ/ to the /ɡ/ of the particle ag. Compare Manx goll (“going”, verbal noun of immee).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔlʲ/, /ɡɛlʲ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ɡɞl/

Noun

goil

1. (Connacht, Ulster) verbal noun of gabh (in the meaning “go”) and of téigh.

Synonyms

• dul
• gabháil (“going”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of goil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
goil	ghoil	ngoil

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gali-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (“to dribble; gush forth; spring; squirt; throw”). Compare also goile (“stomach, appetite”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡ̊ɤl/; (Lewis) [ɡ̊ʌl]

Verb

goil (past ghoil, future goilidh, verbal noun goil, past participle goilte)

1. boil

Noun

goil f

1. verbal noun of goil

   tha an coire air goil ― the kettle is boiling

Further reading

• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “goil”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[3], Stirling, →ISBN