duille

Irish

Etymology

From Old 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. (figuratively) glory, wealth
  5. (figuratively) handout, leaflet
    Synonym: bileog

Declension
Declension of duille

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative duille duillí
Vocative a dhuille a dhuillí
Genitive duille duillí
Dative duille duillí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an duille na duillí
Genitive an duille na nduillí
Dative leis an duille

don duille

 leis na duillí

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
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
  • "duille" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “duille” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • 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.

Old Irish

Alternative forms
  • duilne (earlier)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁-. Cognate with Welsh dail (“leaf”) and Ancient Greek θάλλω (thállō, “to bloom”).

Noun

duille f

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

Inflection
Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative duilleL duilliL duilli
Vocative duilleL duilliL duilli
Accusative duilliN duilliL duilli
Genitive duille duilleL duilleN
Dative duilliL duillib duillib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

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

Descendants

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
duille duille
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/		 nduille
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • “duille” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old 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

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
duilledhuille
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “duille” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.