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Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
gille
- (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of gillen
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish gilla; compare English child, Old English ċild. Zimmer thinks it is borrowed from Old Norse gildr (“stout, brawny, of full worth”); compare English guild, Old English gild (“payment”) (see geall), gilda (“fellow”).
Pronunciation
Noun
gille m (genitive singular gille, plural gillean)
- (dated) servant, follower
- boy, lad, youth (male aged from the toddler years to about the middle twenties)
- man, boy (as a familiar address for a male of any age)
Usage notes
- The regular vocative a ghille is often, even in writing, shortened to 'ille.
Declension
Declension of gille (class IId masculine noun)
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Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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Lenition
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| gille |
ghille
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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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Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse gildi.
Noun
gille n
- feast
- guild
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