gile

• IPA^(key): /ɡiˈle/
• Hyphenation: gi‧le

gilé f 

1. knife

• gileytá (diminutive)

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

From Old Irish gile; derived from geal (“white, bright”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɟɪlʲə/

gile f (genitive singular gile)

1. whiteness, brightness
2. fairness; purity

   Synonym: glaine

3. gladness, fondness

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

gile

1. inflection of geal (“white, bright”):
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. comparative degree

• Entries containing “gile” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “gile” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

From gel +‎ -e.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʲilʲe/

gile f

1. whiteness, brightness

gile

1. genitive singular feminine of gel

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡi.lɛ/

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• Rhymes: -ilɛ
• Syllabification: gi‧le

gile m anim or m inan

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of gil

• IPA^(key): /kʲilə/

From Old Irish gile; derived from geal (“white, bright”).

gile f

1. whiteness
2. fairness
3. clearness

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

gile

1. comparative degree of geal (“white; fine”)

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “gile”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language