goil

See also: goił

English

Noun

goil (plural goils)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of girl.

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡoʏ̯l/

Adjective

goil (strong nominative masculine singular goiler, comparative goiler, superlative am goilsten)

  1. (nonstandard) Pronunciation spelling of geil.
    • 2009, Christian Ulmen, Für Uwe, Rowohlt, →ISBN:
      Wie goil das war! Papa war genau wie Herrn Immer.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

Sometimes associated with the skinhead scene from the typical use of -oi- (as in deutschdoitsch; but coming from English oi).

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish golaid.

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

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gali-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (to dribble; gush forth; spring; squirt; throw). Compare also goile (stomach, appetite).

Verb

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

  1. boil

Noun

goil f

  1. verbal noun of goil

Further reading

  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “goil”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN
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