guairille

Irish

Etymology

From Spanish guerilla, probably via English guerilla.

Noun

guairille m (genitive singular guairille, nominative plural guairillí)

1. guerrilla

   Synonym: treallchogaí

Declension

Declension of guairille

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative guairille guairillí Vocative a ghuairille a ghuairillí Genitive guairille guairillí Dative guairille guairillí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an guairille na guairillí Genitive an ghuairille na nguairillí Dative leis an nguairille don ghuairille leis na guairillí

Derived terms

• guairilleach (“guerilla”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
guairille	ghuairille	nguairille
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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