goile

Irish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. (anatomy) 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

• a ghoile a bhaint de dhuine (“to spoil someone's appetite”)
• aigéad goile (“stomach acid”)
• béal an ghoile (“pit of stomach”)
• cailleach ghoile (“tapeworm”)
• calcadh goile (“constipation”)
• casacht ghoile (“stomach-cough”)
• do ghoile a bheith agat (“to have a good appetite”)
• do ghoile a dhéanamh (“to whet one's appetite; to go for a constitutional”)
• fead ghoile (“shrill sound in breathing”)
• fiabhras goile (“gastric fever, ulcer”)
• 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 (“(ruminant's) third stomach, manyplies, psalterium”)
• goile duilleach (“(ruminant's) third stomach, manyplies, psalterium”)
• goile na bhfeoirlingí (“(ruminant's) second stomach, reticulum”)
• goiligh (“gut”, verb)
• goiliúil (“having an appetite; appetizing”, adjective)
• iompú goile (“stomach upset”)
• log an ghoile (“pit of stomach”)
• othras goile (“gastric ulcer”)
• othras goile (“gastric fever, ulcer”)
• péist ghoile (“mawworm”)
• pian ghoile (“stomach-ache”)
• rud a chur ar do ghoile (“to eat or drink something”)
• taom goile (“stomach upset”)
• tinneas bhéal an ghoile (“(pain of) indigestion”)
• tinneas goile (“stomach-ache”)
• tiontú goile (“stomach upset, vomiting”)

 

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “goile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gaile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “goile”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “goile”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛlʲə/

Verb

goile

1. present subjunctive analytic of goil

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.