guairille

Irish

Etymology

From Spanish guerilla, probably via English guerilla.

Noun

guairille m (genitive singular guairille, nominative plural guairillí)

1. guerrilla

   Synonym: treallchogaí

Declension

Declension of guairille (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative guairille guairillí vocative a ghuairille a ghuairillí genitive guairille guairillí dative guairille guairillí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an guairille na guairillí genitive an ghuairille na nguairillí dative leis an nguairille don ghuairille leis na guairillí

Derived terms

• guairilleach (“guerilla”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of guairille

radical	lenition	eclipsis
guairille	ghuairille	nguairille

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

Further reading

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