guaillí

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɡuəl̠ʲiː/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɡuəlʲiː/

Etymology 1

gualainn (“shoulder”) +‎ -í

Noun

guaillí m (genitive singular guaillí, nominative plural guaillithe)

1. companion, comrade, body attendant
2. champion

Declension

Declension of guaillí (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative guaillí guaillithe vocative a ghuaillí a ghuaillithe genitive guaillí guaillithe dative guaillí guaillithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an guaillí na guaillithe genitive an ghuaillí na nguaillithe dative leis an nguaillí don ghuaillí leis na guaillithe

Alternative forms

• guaillidh, guaillidhe, guailnidhe (obsolete)

Derived terms

• guaillíocht

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gúaillide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “guailniḋe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “guaillí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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.