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gille

[ˈkʲiʎə]

noun

LanguageScottish Gaelic

Meaning
  1. servant, follower
  2. boy, lad, youth (male aged from the toddler years to about the middle twenties)
  3. man, boy (as a familiar address for a male of any age)
  4. unmarried man of any age, bachelor
Examples

Tha gille math aige.

He has a good lad.

Pronunciationˈkʲiʎə

Part of speechnoun

Usage noteCan refer to a servant, a follower, or be used as an informal term of address for a male of any age.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.