goile mór = large appetite. Thá goile capaill aige = He eats like a horse. Níl a dheallramh (jaurə) d'réir a ghoile le duine scrubanta a mbeadh goile mór aige.
goile éin. goile spiodóige = a robin's appetite. Níl goile éin, (nó goile spiodóige,) aige = .i. He has a very small appetite. Ní íosfadh sé an oiread le h-éan. = He would eat as much as a bird.
Níl an goile ró-mhaith aige = His appetite is not too good. Thá an gabáiste dh'ith me in a ualach ar mo ghoile = The cabbage I ate is in a load in my stomach. Thá pian i mbéal mo ghoile = .i. pit of my stomach. Thá goile capaill aige = He eats like a horse. D'iompuig mo ghoile = My stomach turned.
Thá goile capaill aige = He has the appetite of a horse. Chuirfeadh sé rudai 'n a ghoile na faghainn féachaint ortha. = He'd put things in his stomach that I couldn't look at.