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Irish
Etymology
Dialectal form of gabhailín, from gabhal (“fork”) + -ín.
Noun
góilín m (genitive singular góilín, nominative plural góilíní)
- inlet, creek, gullet (channel for water)
Declension
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Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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góilín
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ghóilín
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ngóilín
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- ^ “góilín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gaiḃlín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 345
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “goilín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “góilín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN