gigil

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɟɪɟɪlʲ/

Verb

gigil (present analytic giglíonn, future analytic gigleoidh, verbal noun gigilt, past participle gigilte)

1. Alternative form of cigil (“to tickle”)

Conjugation

conjugation of gigil (second conjugation)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	giglím	giglíonn tú; giglír†	giglíonn sé, sí	giglímid; giglíonn muid	giglíonn sibh	giglíonn siad; giglíd†	a ghiglíonn; a ghiglíos / a ngiglíonn*; a ngiglíos*	giglítear
	past	ghigil mé; ghiglíos	ghigil tú; ghiglís	ghigil sé, sí	ghiglíomar; ghigil muid	ghigil sibh; ghiglíobhair	ghigil siad; ghiglíodar	a ghigil / ar ghigil*	giglíodh
	past habitual	ghiglínn / ngiglínn‡‡	ghiglíteá / ngiglíteᇇ	ghiglíodh sé, sí / ngiglíodh sé, s퇇	ghiglímis; ghiglíodh muid / ngiglímis‡‡; ngiglíodh muid‡‡	ghiglíodh sibh / ngiglíodh sibh‡‡	ghiglídís; ghiglíodh siad / ngiglídís‡‡; ngiglíodh siad‡‡	a ghiglíodh / a ngiglíodh*	ghiglítí / ngiglít퇇
future		gigleoidh mé; gigleod; gigleochaidh mé†	gigleoidh tú; gigleoir†; gigleochaidh tú†	gigleoidh sé, sí; gigleochaidh sé, sí†	gigleoimid; gigleoidh muid; gigleochaimid†; gigleochaidh muid†	gigleoidh sibh; gigleochaidh sibh†	gigleoidh siad; gigleoid†; gigleochaidh siad†	a ghigleoidh; a ghigleos; a ghigleochaidh†; a ghigleochas† / a ngigleoidh*; a ngigleos*; a ngigleochaidh*†; a ngigleochas*†	gigleofar; gigleochar†
conditional		ghigleoinn; ghigleochainn† / ngigleoinn‡‡; ngigleochainn†‡‡	ghigleofá; ghigleochthᆠ/ ngigleofᇇ; ngigleochthᆇ‡	ghigleodh sé, sí; ghigleochadh sé, s토/ ngigleodh sé, s퇇; ngigleochadh sé, s톇‡	ghigleoimis; ghigleodh muid; ghigleochaimis†; ghigleochadh muid† / ngigleoimis‡‡; ngigleodh muid‡‡; ngigleochaimis†‡‡; ngigleochadh muid†‡‡	ghigleodh sibh; ghigleochadh sibh† / ngigleodh sibh‡‡; ngigleochadh sibh†‡‡	ghigleoidís; ghigleodh siad; ghigleochadh siad† / ngigleoidís‡‡; ngigleodh siad‡‡; ngigleochadh siad†‡‡	a ghigleodh; a ghigleochadh† / a ngigleodh*; a ngigleochadh*†	ghigleofaí; ghigleochtha토/ ngigleofa퇇; ngigleochtha톇‡
subjunctive	present	go ngiglí mé; go ngiglíod†	go ngiglí tú; go ngiglír†	go ngiglí sé, sí	go ngiglímid; go ngiglí muid	go ngiglí sibh	go ngiglí siad; go ngiglíd†	—	go ngiglítear
	past	dá ngiglínn	dá ngiglíteá	dá ngiglíodh sé, sí	dá ngiglímis; dá ngiglíodh muid	dá ngiglíodh sibh	dá ngiglídís; dá ngiglíodh siad	—	dá ngiglítí
imperative		giglím	gigil	giglíodh sé, sí	giglímis	giglígí; giglídh†	giglídís	—	giglítear
verbal noun		gigilt
past participle		gigilte

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gigil	ghigil	ngigil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gigil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡi.ɡil/
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [ˈɡiɡɪl], [ˈɡiɡel], [ˈɡiɡe̞l]
• Rhymes: -iɡil, -il, -iɡel, -el

Verb

gigil (Jawi spelling ݢيݢيل)

1. to shiver
2. to tremble

   Synonyms: geletar, gementar

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• menggigil [agent focus] (meN-)
• menggigil-gigil [reduplication + agent focus] (redup + meN-)
• tergigil [agentless action] (teR-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: gigil

Further reading

• “gigil” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• guiguil — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gigil. Compare Ilocano gerger, Kapampangan galgal, Malay gegar / gigil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡiɡil/, [ˈɡi.ɣɪl] (noun)

• IPA^(key): /ɡiˈɡil/, [ɡɪˈɣil] (adjective)
• Hyphenation: gi‧gil

Noun

gigil (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜄᜒᜎ᜔)

1. suppressed, overwhelming pleasure, thrill, or sometimes also anger, manifested by the gritting of teeth, tight gripping of hands, and/or trembling of the body

   Hindi ko mapigil ang gigil ko sa kanya.

   I can't suppress this overwhelming emotion I have against him.

Derived terms

• makagigil
• manggigil
• paggigil
• panggigigil
• panggigilan

 

See also

• kilig
• ngitngit

Adjective

gigíl (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜄᜒᜎ᜔)

1. gritting one's teeth, gripping one's hands tightly, and/or trembling one's body due to suppressed, overwhelming pleasure, thrill, or sometimes also anger
   • 1999, Rosario Torres-Yu, Lilia F. Antonio, Ligaya Tiamson-Rubin, Talinghagang Bukambibig, Inilathala, →ISBN:

     Gasgas na gasgas na ang balita mong iyon. Gigil na gigil — sabik na sabik, gustong malaman kaagad kung ano ang magiging wakas, o galit na galit. Kanina pa gigil na gigil si Perlie kay Paul. Hilot nang hilot — ginagawa ang lahat nang ...

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   • 2007, Retrato ng artista bilang Filipino: isang elehiya na may tatlong tagpo, Ateneo University Press, →ISBN, page 9:

     Gigil na gigil ako — at tuwang-tuwa sa sarili na gigil na gigil ako. Katunayan iyon na bahagi ako ng aking kapanahunan, at tigib ng marangal na malasakit sa kalagayan ng sangkatauhan. Kaya, umakyat ako sa hagdanan, at saglit na tumayo ...

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2014, Taga Imus, Sa Butas 2012: Tagalog Gay Story, Taga Imus M2M Books - TGIMS Publishing Services, →ISBN, page 51:

     Gigil na gigil na akong malaman kung ano nga. Nakatakip ang mga palad niya na parang piring sa aking mata habang ako ay naghihintay ng segundong alisin niya na iyon para makita ko na ang surpresa. Pero masaya ako. Kinikilig ako.

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   • year unknown, Sambotani Iv' 2007 Ed., Rex Bookstore, Inc. (→ISBN), page 1865:

     Gigil na gigil si Aling Rosa sa pagsasalita at lumilitaw ang mga ugat sa leeg. “Bayaan mo na... talagang ganyan ang bunso!" “Bunso!” Hinagod ni Aling Rosa ang buhok na nakalag sa pagkakapusod at padarag na ibinuhol uli iyon, at sinundan ...

References

• “gigil”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• “gigil”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2024
• Jovita Ona Calixihan, Filipino-English Figures of Speech (→ISBN, 2007): "very eager, raring to do something"
• Ed Lim, LIM Filipino-English English-Filipino Dictionary: "trembling"
• Tuttle Concise Tagalog Dictionary (→ISBN, 2017): "trembling because of anger or fondness"
• Renato Perdon, Pocket Tagalog Dictionary: Tagalog-English English-Tagalog →ISBN, 2012): "gnashing of teeth"