tuáille
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish tuáille, borrowed from Middle English towel, towail, towaille, or else directly from Old French toaille.
Noun edit
tuáille m (genitive singular tuáille, nominative plural tuáillí)
Declension edit
Declension of tuáille
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms edit
- éadach tuáillí m, tuáilléadach m (“terry cloth”)
- ráille tuáillí m (“towel-rail”)
- tuáille páipéir (“paper towel”) (for drying hands)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tuáille | thuáille | dtuáille |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tuáille”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tuáille”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language