giolla

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish gilla (“a youth of an age to bear arms”).

Noun

giolla m (genitive singular giolla, nominative plural giollaí)

  1. youth; page, boy
    Synonyms: aosánach, buachaill, macaomh, ógánach
  2. gillie, attendant; manservant, messenger
    Synonyms: searbhónta, seirbhíseach
  3. fellow
  4. (broadcasting) best boy, gofer
  5. (golf) caddie

Derived terms
  • banghiolla (“female attendant; usherette”)
  • giolla airm (“armour-bearer”)
  • giolla an phíopáin (“tea-pot”)
  • giolla capaill, giolla eich (“horse-boy”)
  • giollacht f (“youth; age of service; attendance, service; leading, guidance”)
  • giolla clódóra (“printer's devil”)
  • giolla cóiste (“(carriage) footman”)
  • giolla cúirte (“court attendant”)
  • giolla gabha (“smith's helper”)
  • giolla gan iarraidh (“unwanted attendant, meddler”)
  • giolla grá (“confidential servant”)
  • giollán m (“little lad; little fellow”)
  • giolla na leisce (“idle fellow, lazy-bones”)
  • giolla púdair (“powder-monkey”)
  • giolla rósta (“roasting jack”)
  • giolla rua (“gillaroo”)
  • giolla scoir (“stableman, groom”)
  • giollúil (“lad-like, servant-like”, adjective)
  • lus an ghiolla (“lousewort”)
  • giollanra m (“youths, attendants”)

Etymology 2

Noun

giolla m (genitive singular giolla, nominative plural giollaí)

  1. Alternative form of goile (“stomach; appetite”)

Declension
Declension of giolla

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative giolla giollaí
Vocative a ghiolla a ghiollaí
Genitive giolla giollaí
Dative giolla giollaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an giolla na giollaí
Genitive an ghiolla na ngiollaí
Dative leis an ngiolla

don ghiolla

 leis na giollaí

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
giolla ghiolla ngiolla
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • "giolla" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “gilla” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Entries containing “giolla” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “giolla” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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