tuill

tuill

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish tuillid, from Old Irish ·tuilli, prototonic form of do·slí.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠiːl̠ʲ/
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɪl̠ʲ/

Verb

tuill (present analytic tuilleann, future analytic tuillfidh, verbal noun tuilleamh, past participle tuillte)

1. to earn
   • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, printed in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études 270. Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, p. 193:

     Do thuill sí an ainm sin mar ni raibh sa bhaile mhór aon chailín comh deas comh maordha léi.

     She earned that name because there was in the city no girl as pretty and as dignified as she.

2. to deserve

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	tuillim	tuilleann tú; tuillir†	tuilleann sé, sí	tuillimid	tuilleann sibh	tuilleann siad; tuillid†	a thuilleann; a thuilleas / a dtuilleann*; a dtuilleas*	tuilltear
	past	thuill mé; thuilleas	thuill tú; thuillis	thuill sé, sí	thuilleamar; thuill muid	thuill sibh; thuilleabhair	thuill siad; thuilleadar	a thuill / ar thuill*	tuilleadh
	past habitual	thuillinn / dtuillinn‡‡	thuillteá / dtuillteᇇ	thuilleadh sé, sí / dtuilleadh sé, s퇇	thuillimis; thuilleadh muid / dtuillimis‡‡; dtuilleadh muid‡‡	thuilleadh sibh / dtuilleadh sibh‡‡	thuillidís; thuilleadh siad / dtuillidís‡‡; dtuilleadh siad‡‡	a thuilleadh / a dtuilleadh*	thuilltí / dtuillt퇇
	future	tuillfidh mé; tuillfead	tuillfidh tú; tuillfir†	tuillfidh sé, sí	tuillfimid; tuillfidh muid	tuillfidh sibh	tuillfidh siad; tuillfid†	a thuillfidh; a thuillfeas / a dtuillfidh*; a dtuillfeas*	tuillfear
conditional		thuillfinn / dtuillfinn‡‡	thuillfeá / dtuillfeᇇ	thuillfeadh sé, sí / dtuillfeadh sé, s퇇	thuillfimis; thuillfeadh muid / dtuillfimis‡‡; dtuillfeadh muid‡‡	thuillfeadh sibh / dtuillfeadh sibh‡‡	thuillfidís; thuillfeadh siad / dtuillfidís‡‡; dtuillfeadh siad‡‡	a thuillfeadh / a dtuillfeadh*	thuillfí / dtuillf퇇
subjunctive	present	go dtuille mé; go dtuillead†	go dtuille tú; go dtuillir†	go dtuille sé, sí	go dtuillimid; go dtuille muid	go dtuille sibh	go dtuille siad; go dtuillid†	—	go dtuilltear
	past	dá dtuillinn	dá dtuillteá	dá dtuilleadh sé, sí	dá dtuillimis; dá dtuilleadh muid	dá dtuilleadh sibh	dá dtuillidís; dá dtuilleadh siad	—	dá dtuilltí
imperative		tuillim	tuill	tuilleadh sé, sí	tuillimis	tuilligí; tuillidh†	tuillidís	—	tuilltear
verbal noun		tuilleamh
past participle		tuillte

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tuill	thuill	dtuill
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “do·slí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “tuill”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “tuillim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 764
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “tuill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

tuill m

1. genitive singular of toll
2. plural of toll