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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
gualainn (“shoulder”) + -í
Noun
guaillí m (genitive singular guaillí, nominative plural guaillithe)
- companion, comrade, body attendant
- champion
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gúaillide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “guailniḋe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “guaillí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
guaillí f pl
- plural of gualainn
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| guaillí
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ghuaillí
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nguaillí
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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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