Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish gaile (the stomach; belly, womb, bowels).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. stomach
  2. appetite

Declension

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Alternative forms

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
goile ghoile ngoile
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gaile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 129
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 75, page 32

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