See also: Tuil and -túil

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /tœy̯l/
  • (file)

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

tuil m (plural tuilen, diminutive tuiltje n)

  1. bouquet of flowers

Etymology 2 edit

Derived from Middle Dutch tuelen, tuylen (to work). Related to English toil, Old Frisian teula (to labour, toil).

Noun edit

tuil m (uncountable, diminutive tuiltje n)

  1. toil, work

Anagrams edit

Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish tuilid, from earlier do-lin.

Verb edit

tuil (present analytic tuileann, future analytic tuilfidh, verbal noun tuile, past participle tuilte)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to flood

Conjugation edit

Related terms edit

  • tóla m (flood [literary])
  • tulca m (flood, deluge)

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tuil thuil dtuil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

Malay edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayic *tuil, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *tuil, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *tuil, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuil.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tuil (Jawi spelling توءيل, plural tuil-tuil, informal 1st possessive tuilku, 2nd possessive tuilmu, 3rd possessive tuilnya)

  1. (mechanics) Lever (rigid piece)

Synonyms edit

Scots edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English tool, tol, from Old English tōl (tool, implement, instrument, literally that with which one prepares something), perhaps borrowed from Old Norse tól, but at any rate ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tōlą (that which is used in preparation, tool), from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- (to tie to, secure).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tuil (plural tuils)

  1. tool

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish tuile, from the root tu- (swell). Cognate with Greek τύλος (týlos, knob, weal). The Old Irish root ól- (to flood, abound) gives Old Irish tólam (flood) and imról, foróil (abundance).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tuil f (genitive singular tuile, plural tuiltean)

  1. flood, deluge, torrent

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
tuil thuil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.