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goil

goil

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɛlʲ/

Verb

goil (present analytic goileann, future analytic goilfidh, verbal noun gol, past participle goilte)

  1. weep, cry (softly)
Conjugation
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Either a rapid-speech variant of gabháil or a variant of dul with assimilation of /d̪ˠ/ to the /ɡ/ of the particle ag.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɔlʲ/, /ɡɛlʲ/

Noun

goil

  1. (Connacht, Ulster) verbal noun of gabh (in the meaning "go") and of téigh.
Synonyms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
goil ghoil ngoil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Verb

goil (past ghoil, future goilidh, verbal noun goil, past participle goilte)

  1. boil

Noun

goil f

  1. verbal noun of goil