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English
Noun
goil (plural goils)
- Pronunciation spelling of girl.
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
goil (strong nominative masculine singular goiler, comparative goiler, superlative am goilsten)
- (nonstandard) Pronunciation spelling of geil.
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Usage notes
Sometimes associated with the skinhead scene from the typical use of -oi- (as in deutsch → doitsch; but coming from English oi).
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish golaid.
Pronunciation
Verb
goil (present analytic goileann, future analytic goilfidh, verbal noun gol, past participle goilte)
- weep, cry (softly)
Conjugation
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singular
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plural
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relative
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autonomous
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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indicative
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present
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goilim
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goileann tú; goilir†
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goileann sé, sí
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goilimid
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goileann sibh
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goileann siad; goilid†
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a ghoileann; a ghoileas / a ngoileann*; a ngoileas*
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goiltear
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past
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ghoil mé; ghoileas
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ghoil tú; ghoilis
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ghoil sé, sí
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ghoileamar; ghoil muid
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ghoil sibh; ghoileabhair
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ghoil siad; ghoileadar
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a ghoil / ar ghoil*
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goileadh
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past habitual
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ghoilinn / ngoilinn‡‡
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ghoilteá / ngoilteᇇ
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ghoileadh sé, sí / ngoileadh sé, s퇇
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ghoilimis; ghoileadh muid / ngoilimis‡‡; ngoileadh muid‡‡
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ghoileadh sibh / ngoileadh sibh‡‡
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ghoilidís; ghoileadh siad / ngoilidís‡‡; ngoileadh siad‡‡
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a ghoileadh / a ngoileadh*
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ghoiltí / ngoilt퇇
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future
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goilfidh mé; goilfead
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goilfidh tú; goilfir†
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goilfidh sé, sí
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goilfimid; goilfidh muid
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goilfidh sibh
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goilfidh siad; goilfid†
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a ghoilfidh; a ghoilfeas / a ngoilfidh*; a ngoilfeas*
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goilfear
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conditional
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ghoilfinn / ngoilfinn‡‡
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ghoilfeá / ngoilfeᇇ
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ghoilfeadh sé, sí / ngoilfeadh sé, s퇇
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ghoilfimis; ghoilfeadh muid / ngoilfimis‡‡; ngoilfeadh muid‡‡
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ghoilfeadh sibh / ngoilfeadh sibh‡‡
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ghoilfidís; ghoilfeadh siad / ngoilfidís‡‡; ngoilfeadh siad‡‡
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a ghoilfeadh / a ngoilfeadh*
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ghoilfí / ngoilf퇇
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subjunctive
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present
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go ngoile mé; go ngoilead†
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go ngoile tú; go ngoilir†
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go ngoile sé, sí
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go ngoilimid; go ngoile muid
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go ngoile sibh
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go ngoile siad; go ngoilid†
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—
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go ngoiltear
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past
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dá ngoilinn
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dá ngoilteá
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dá ngoileadh sé, sí
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dá ngoilimis; dá ngoileadh muid
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dá ngoileadh sibh
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dá ngoilidís; dá ngoileadh siad
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—
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dá ngoiltí
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imperative
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goilim
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goil
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goileadh sé, sí
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goilimis
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goiligí; goilidh†
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goilidís
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—
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goiltear
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verbal noun
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gol
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past participle
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goilte
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* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Either a rapid-speech variant of gabháil or a variant of dul with assimilation of /d̪ˠ/ to the /ɡ/ of the particle ag.
Pronunciation
Noun
goil
- (Connacht, Ulster) verbal noun of gabh (in the meaning "go") and of téigh.
Synonyms
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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goil
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ghoil
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ngoil
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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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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *gali-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (“to dribble; gush forth; spring; squirt; throw”). Compare also goile (“stomach, appetite”).
Verb
goil (past ghoil, future goilidh, verbal noun goil, past participle goilte)
- boil
Noun
goil f
- verbal noun of goil
Further reading
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “goil”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN