duille

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish duille (“leaf; page”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɪlʲə/

Noun

duille m (genitive singular duille, nominative plural duillí)

1. (botany) leaf
2. (collective) leaves, foliage
3. (anatomy) eyelid

   Synonym: caipín súile

4. (figurative) glory, wealth
5. (figurative) handout, leaflet

   Synonym: bileog

Declension

Declension of duille (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative duille duillí vocative a dhuille a dhuillí genitive duille duillí dative duille duillí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an duille na duillí genitive an duille na nduillí dative leis an duille don duille leis na duillí

Derived terms

• comhdhuille
• dédhuilleach
• duille acantais
• duilleach
• duilleagar
• duilleog
• duilligh
• duillín
• duilliúil
• duilliúr
• duillsilteach

Mutation

Mutated forms of duille

radical	lenition	eclipsis
duille	dhuille	nduille

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “duille”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “duille”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “duille”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “duille”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish duilne, from Proto-Celtic *dolinyā, 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

duille f

1. leaf; (collective) foliage
2. something resembling a leaf, especially a leaf of a book

Derived terms

• duillebad
• duillebar
• duillech
• duillechán
• duilledach
• duillén
• duillend
• duillenn
• duilleóg
• duillerad

Descendants

• Irish: duille
• Manx: duilley
• Scottish Gaelic: duille

Mutation

Mutation of duille

radical	lenition	nasalization
duille	duille pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	nduille

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “duille”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish duille (“leaf; something resembling a leaf”).

Noun

duille f (genitive singular duille, plural duillean)

1. (botany) leaf

   Synonym: duilleag

2. scabbard

   Synonym: duille-sgeine

3. (anatomy, vulgar slang) vagina

Derived terms

• dà-dhuilleach
• dor-dhuille
• duille-dorais
• duilleach
• duilleachan
• eadar-dhuillich
• gun duille

Mutation

Mutation of duille

radical	lenition
duille	dhuille

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “duille”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “duille”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language