giolla

Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɟɪl̪ˠə/
(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɟʊl̪ˠə/, [ˈɟɯl̪ˠə]

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish gilla (“a youth of an age to bear arms”).

Noun

giolla m (genitive singular giolla, nominative plural giollaí)

youth; page, boy
Synonyms: aosánach, buachaill, macaomh, ógánach
gillie, attendant; manservant, messenger
Synonyms: searbhónta, seirbhíseach
fellow
(broadcasting) best boy, gofer
(golf) caddie

Derived terms

banghiolla (“female attendant; usherette”)
giolla airm (“armour-bearer”)
giolla an phíopáin (“tea-pot”)
giolla capaill (“horse-boy”)
giollacht f (“attendance, service, guidance”)
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”)
giollán m (“little lad; little fellow”)
giolla na leisce (“idle fellow, lazy-bones”)
giolla púdair (“powder-monkey”)
giolla rósta (“roasting jack”)
giolla rua (“gillaroo”)
giolla scoir (“stableman, groom”)
giollúil (“lad-like, servant-like”, adjective)
lus an ghiolla (“lousewort”)

Related terms

giollanra m (“youths, attendants”)

Noun

giolla m (genitive singular giolla, nominative plural giollaí)

Alternative form of goile (“stomach; appetite”)

Declension

Declension of giolla

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	giolla	giollaí
Vocative	a ghiolla	a ghiollaí
Genitive	giolla	giollaí
Dative	giolla	giollaí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an giolla	na giollaí
Genitive	an ghiolla	na ngiollaí
Dative	leis an ngiolla don ghiolla	leis na giollaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
giolla	ghiolla	ngiolla
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “giolla”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gilla”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Entries containing “giolla” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “giolla” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 58

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