dùil
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tuːl/, [d̪̊uːl]
Etymology 1
MacBain suggests a relation to Ancient Greek θυμός (thumós, “soul, desire, passion”) and Lithuanian dūmas (“smoke”) (NB: Perhaps erroneously, MacBain glosses the Lithuanian as dumas (“thought”)). Regardless, if true, it would be from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke”).
Noun
dùil f (genitive singular dùile, plural dùilean)
- hope, expectation, expectancy, prospect
- intention, thought
Derived terms
- briseadh-dùil
- mealladh-dùil
Etymology 2
From Old Irish dúil, dúl. MacBain relates this to Sanskrit धूलि (dhūli, “dust”) and Latin fūlīgō (“soot”), however Stokes suggests a relation to German zeugen (“to beget, to bear witness”) and Latin dūcō (“I pull, I guide”) to explain dialectic na dùil (“poor creatures!”) (cf. Irish dúil (“creature”)) and dùileag (“a term of affection for a girl”).
Noun
dùil f (genitive dùile, plural dùilean or dùiltean, genitive plural dùl)
- (chemistry, etc.) element
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| dùil | dhùil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “dùil”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN