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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish gaile (“the stomach; belly, womb, bowels”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
goile m (genitive singular goile, nominative plural goilí or goileacha)
- stomach
- appetite
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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goile
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ghoile
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ngoile
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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
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gaile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 129
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 75, page 32
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “goile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “goile”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “goile”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024