giollúil
Irish
Etymology
From giolla (“youth; page, boy; gillie, attendant; manservant”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
giollúil (genitive singular masculine giollúil, genitive singular feminine giollúla, plural giollúla, comparative giollúla)
- lad-like, servant-like
Declension
Declension of giolliúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | giolliúil | ghiolliúil | giolliúla; ghiolliúla² | |
| Vocative | ghiolliúil | giolliúla | ||
| Genitive | giolliúla | giolliúla | giolliúil | |
| Dative | giolliúil; ghiolliúil¹ | ghiolliúil | giolliúla; ghiolliúla² | |
| Comparative | níos giolliúla | |||
| Superlative | is giolliúla | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| giollúil | ghiollúil | ngiollúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "giollúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.