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giolla

giolla

Irish

Noun

giolla m ‎(genitive singular giolla, nominative plural giollaí)

youth; page, boy
gillie, attendant; manservant, messenger
fellow
(broadcasting) best boy, gofer
(golf) caddie

Declension

Declension of giolla

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	giolla	giollaí
Vocative	a ghiolla	a ghiollaí
Genitive	giolla	giollaí
Dative	giolla	giollaí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an giolla	na giollaí
Genitive	an ghiolla	na ngiollaí
Dative	leis an ngiolla don ghiolla	leis na giollaí

Synonyms

(youth): aosánach, buachaill, macaomh, ógánach
(servant): searbhónta, seirbhíseach

Derived terms

Terms derived from giolla

banghiolla ‎(“female attendant; usherette”)
giolla airm ‎(“armour-bearer”)
giolla an phíopáin ‎(“tea-pot”)
giolla capaill, giolla eich ‎(“horse-boy”)
giollacht f ‎(“youth; age of service; attendance, service; leading, guidance”)
giolla clódóra ‎(“printer's devil”)
giolla cóiste ‎(“(carriage) footman”)

giolla cúirte ‎(“court attendant”)
giolla gabha ‎(“smith's helper”)
giolla gan iarraidh ‎(“unwanted attendant, meddler”)
giolla grá ‎(“confidential servant”)
giolla na leisce ‎(“idle fellow, lazy-bones”)
giollán m ‎(“little lad; little fellow”)

giolla púdair ‎(“powder-monkey”)
giolla rósta ‎(“roasting jack”)
giolla rua ‎(“gillaroo”)
giolla scoir ‎(“stableman, groom”)
giollúil ‎(“lad-like, servant-like”, adjective)
lus an ghiolla ‎(“lousewort”)

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.

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