duille
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish duille (“leaf; page”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d̪ˠɪlʲə/
Noun
duille m (genitive singular duille, nominative plural duillí)
- (botany) leaf
- (collective) leaves, foliage
- (anatomy) eyelid
- Synonym: caipín súile
- (figuratively) glory, wealth
- (figuratively) handout, leaflet
- Synonym: bileog
Declension
Declension of duille
Fourth declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- comhdhuille
- dédhuilleach
- duille acantais
- duilleach
- duilleagar
- duilleog
- duilligh
- duillín
- duilliúil
- duilliúr
- duillsilteach
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
- 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
Etymology
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
duille f
- leaf; (collective) foliage
- 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
| Middle Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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
- 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
Etymology
From Middle Irish duille (“leaf; something resembling a leaf”).
Noun
duille f (genitive singular duille, plural duillean)
- (botany) leaf
- Synonym: duilleag
- scabbard
- Synonym: duille-sgeine
- (anatomy, vulgar slang) vagina
Derived terms
- dà-dhuilleach
- dà-dhuilleach
- dor-dhuille
- duilleach
- duilleachan
- duille-dorais
- eadar-dhuillich
- gun duille
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| duille | dhuille |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “duille”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 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