duille
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish duille (“leaf; page”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
duille m (genitive singular duille, nominative plural duillí)
- (botany) leaf
- (collective) leaves, foliage
- (anatomy) eyelid
- Synonym: caipín súile
- (figurative) glory, wealth
- (figurative) handout, leaflet
- Synonym: bileog
Declension edit
Declension of duille
Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
duille | dhuille | nduille |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “duille”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “duille”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “duille” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “duille” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Middle Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish duilne, from Proto-Celtic *dolnyā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁- (“to bloom”). Cognate with Welsh dail and Breton delienn, which are from a variant Proto-Celtic form *dolyā, and more distantly with Ancient Greek θάλλω (thállō, “to bloom”).
Noun edit
duille f
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Mutation edit
Middle Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
duille | duille pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/, later /ɣ(ʲ)-/ |
nduille |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “duille”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish duille (“leaf; something resembling a leaf”).
Noun edit
duille f (genitive singular duille, plural duillean)
Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
duille | dhuille |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “duille”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “duille”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language