/ˈkʲiʎə/
TùsFrom Middle Irish gilla; compare English child, Old English ċild. Zimmer thinks it is borrowed from Old Norse gildr (“stout, brawny, of full worth”); compare English guild, Old English gild (“payment”) (see geall), gilda (“fellow”).
- dated, masculineservant, follower
- masculineboy, lad, youth (male aged from the toddler years to about the middle twenties)
- masculineman, boy (as a familiar address for a male of any age)
- masculineunmarried man of any age, bachelor
Cruthangille(genitive) · gillean(plural) · 'ille(vocative) · gille(indefinite, nominative, singular) · gillean(indefinite, nominative, plural) · gille(genitive, indefinite, singular) · ghillean(genitive, indefinite, plural) · gille(dative, indefinite, singular) · gillean(dative, indefinite, plural) · gille(definite, nominative, singular) · an gille(definite, nominative, singular) · gillean(definite, nominative, plural) · na gillean(definite, nominative, plural) · (a') ghille(definite, genitive, singular) · gillean(definite, genitive, plural) · nan gillean(definite, genitive, plural) · (a') ghille(dative, definite, singular) · gillean(dative, definite, plural) · na gillean(dative, definite, plural) · ghille(definite, singular, vocative)