goile

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gaile (“the stomach; belly, womb, bowels”).

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɞlʲə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡælʲə/ (corresponding to the form gaile)

Noun

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

1. stomach
2. appetite

Declension

Declension of goile

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative goile goilí Vocative a ghoile a ghoilí Genitive goile goilí Dative goile goilí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an goile na goilí Genitive an ghoile na ngoilí Dative leis an ngoile don ghoile leis na goilí

• Alternative plural: goileacha (Cois Fharraige)

Alternative forms

• gaile, giolla

Derived terms

• aigéad goile (“stomach acid”)
• bain a ghoile de dhuine (“to spoil someone's appetite”)
• béal an ghoile (“pit of stomach”)
• cailleach ghoile (“tapeworm”)
• calcadh goile (“constipation”)
• casacht ghoile (“stomach-cough”)
• cuir rud ar do ghoile (“to eat or drink something”)
• déan do ghoile (“to whet one's appetite”)
• do ghoile a bheith agat (“to have a good appetite”)
• fead ghoile (“shrill sound in breathing”)
• fiabhras goile (“gastric fever”)
• gaoth ar ghoile (“wind in stomach”)
• gaoth i ngoile (“flatulence”)
• goile a bheith agat do rud (“to be able to stomach something”)
• goile an leabhair (“manyplies”)
• goile duilleach (“manyplies”)
• goile na bhfeoirlingí (“reticulum”)
• goiligh (“gut”, verb)
• goiliúil (“appetizing”, adjective)
• iompú goile (“stomach upset”)
• log an ghoile (“pit of stomach”)
• othras goile (“gastric ulcer”)
• péist ghoile (“mawworm”)
• pian ghoile (“stomach-ache”)
• taom goile (“stomach upset”)
• tinneas bhéal an ghoile (“indigestion”)
• tinneas goile (“stomach-ache”)
• tiontú goile (“stomach upset, vomiting”)

 

Mutation

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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “goile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “goile”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “goile”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024