giollúil

Irish

Etymology

From giolla (“youth; page, boy; gillie, attendant; manservant”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

giollúil (genitive singular masculine giollúil, genitive singular feminine giollúla, plural giollúla, comparative giollúla)

1. lad-like, servant-like

Declension

Declension of giolliúil

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	giolliúil	ghiolliúil	giolliúla; ghiolliúla²
Vocative	ghiolliúil		giolliúla
Genitive		giolliúla	giolliúla	giolliúil
Dative	giolliúil; ghiolliúil¹	ghiolliúil	giolliúla; ghiolliúla²
Comparative	níos giolliúla
Superlative	is giolliúla

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
giollúil	ghiollúil	ngiollúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “giollúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN