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giolla

giolla

Irish

Noun

giolla m (genitive singular giolla, nominative plural giollaí)

  1. youth; page, boy
  2. gillie, attendant; manservant, messenger
  3. fellow
  4. (broadcasting) best boy, gofer
  5. (golf) caddie

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Related terms

  • giollanra m (youths, attendants)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
giolla ghiolla ngiolla
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "giolla" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • gilla” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.