gíotáil

Irish

Alternative forms

• giotamáil

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɟiːˈt̪ˠɑːlʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɟiːt̪ˠɑːlʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɟiːt̪ˠalʲ/

Noun

gíotáil f (genitive singular gíotála)

1. pottering (acting in a vague or unmotivated way; fussing about with unimportant things)
2. fatigues (menial tasks, especially in the military)

Declension

Declension of gíotáil

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative gíotáil Vocative a ghíotáil Genitive gíotála Dative gíotáil

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an ghíotáil Genitive na gíotála Dative leis an ngíotáil don ghíotáil

Derived terms

• gíotálaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gíotáil	ghíotáil	ngíotáil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “gíotáil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “giotamáil”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 364
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gíotáil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 24