Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Dialectal form of gabhailín, from gabhal (fork) +‎ -ín.

Noun

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góilín m (genitive singular góilín, nominative plural góilíní)

  1. inlet, creek, gullet (channel for water)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Scots: gullion

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
góilín ghóilín ngóilín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ góilín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

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