gíotáil

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ɟiːˈt̪ˠɑːlʲ/[2]
  • (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, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative gíotáil
vocative a ghíotáil
genitive gíotála
dative gíotáil
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an ghíotáil
genitive na gíotála
dative leis an ngíotáil
don ghíotáil

Derived terms

  • gíotálaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of gíotáil
radical lenition eclipsis
gíotáil ghíotáil ngíotáil

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “gíotáil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 45, page 24

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