n (gilla) ā, f.
(a)
youth, the third of the six ages of man :
.i. aimsera āis .i. naoidendacht ┐ macdacht, gillacht ┐
ōglachass, sendatu ┐ dīblideta,
Corm. Y 322
.
is-na tri
haesaib ... .i. a ngillacht, a n-óite a sendataid,
PH 3977
.
mór di fertaib ... dorone Dia tré Patraic in a gillacht
(= in
illius pueritia),
Lat. Lives 45.5
.
rofhothaig-siumh ... tri
hecalsa asa ghillacht,
Lism. L. 2526.
(b)
service, office of a servant :
robúi se secht mbliadna a
gillacht ech don righ,
ZCP vi 278.1
.
gillacht chon office of
kennel-boy,
Acall. 2489.
As vn. : act of attending, escorting :
Aongus ag ar ngiollacht,
Duan. F. i 5.32
.