goile

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gaile (“the stomach; belly, womb, bowels”),^[1] from Proto-Celtic *gali̯o, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰl̥H-i̯o-; see the compound form eclas (“stomach”).^[2]

Pronunciation

(Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɞlʲə/^[3]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡælʲə/^[4] (corresponding to the form gaile)

Noun

goile m (genitive singular goile, nominative plural goilí or goileacha)

Declension

Declension of goile (fourth declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	goile	goilí
vocative	a ghoile	a ghoilí
genitive	goile	goilí
dative	goile	goilí

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an goile	na goilí
genitive	an ghoile	na ngoilí
dative	leis an ngoile don ghoile	leis na goilí

Alternative plural: goileacha (Cois Fharraige)

Alternative forms

gaile, giolla

Derived terms

aigéad goile (“stomach acid”)
bain a ghoile de dhuine (“to spoil someone's appetite”)
béal an ghoile (“pit of stomach”)
cailleach ghoile (“tapeworm”)
calcadh goile (“constipation”)
casacht ghoile (“stomach-cough”)
cuir rud ar do ghoile (“to eat or drink something”)
déan do ghoile (“to whet one's appetite”)
do ghoile a bheith agat (“to have a good appetite”)
fead ghoile (“shrill sound in breathing”)
fiabhras goile (“gastric fever”)
gaoth ar ghoile (“wind in stomach”)
gaoth i ngoile (“flatulence”)
goile a bheith agat do rud (“to be able to stomach something”)
goile an leabhair (“manyplies”)
goile duilleach (“manyplies”)
goile na bhfeoirlingí (“reticulum”)
goiligh (“gut”, verb)
goiliúil (“appetizing”, adjective)
iompú goile (“stomach upset”)
log an ghoile (“pit of stomach”)
othras goile (“gastric ulcer”)
péist ghoile (“mawworm”)
pian ghoile (“stomach-ache”)
taom goile (“stomach upset”)
tinneas bhéal an ghoile (“indigestion”)
tinneas goile (“stomach-ache”)
tiontú goile (“stomach upset, vomiting”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *goile*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
goile	ghoile	ngoile

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gaile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language,
^ David Stifter (2022 September 14) “Etymology of Old Irish eclas "gizzard" (St Cormac's Day 2022)”, in David Stifter’s YouTube Channel‎
^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], 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, 2013–2025

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