gilla

• gille

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʲil͈a/

gilla m (plural gillai)

1. youth (young man) (of an age to bear arms)

   Dauid in gille dáne ― David the brave youth

2. male child, boy
3. messenger, page, servant

• As a name element, indicates a specific object of devotion
  • Gilla Chríst ― Christ’s servant (‘Gilchrist’)
  • Gilla Pátraic ― Patrick’s servant

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• gillacht
• gillaighecht
• gillán
• gillanrad
• gillarad

• Irish: giolla
• Manx: guilley
• Scottish Gaelic: gille

• “gilla” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

From Old Swedish gilda, from Old Norse gilda. Compare Icelandic gilda.

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gilla

1. to approve of

   Av konungen gillad och stadfäst.

   Approved and ratified by the king.

2. to like

   Du kommer säkert att gilla henne, hon är så trevlig.

   You are surely going to like her, she is so nice.

3. to favor

• gälla