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goil.

weep, cry (softly)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɡolʲ//ɡelʲ//ɡɞl/
  1. weep, cry (softly)

Where this word comes from

From Old Irish golaid, perhaps ultimately from the same source as galar (“misery, illness, affliction”).

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