tuill

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish tuillid, from Old Irish ·tuilli, prototonic form of do·slí.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

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

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

Conjugation of tuill (first conjugation – A)
indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present tuillim tuilleann tú;
tuillir
tuilleann sé, sí tuillimid; tuilleann muid tuilleann sibh tuilleann siad;
tuillid
a thuilleann; a thuilleas tuilltear
past thuill mé; thuilleas thuill tú; thuillis thuill sé, sí thuilleamar; thuill muid thuill sibh; thuilleabhair thuill siad; thuilleadar a thuill tuilleadh
past habitual thuillinn /
tuillinn
thuillteá /
tuillteá
thuilleadh sé, sí /
tuilleadh sé, sí
thuillimis; thuilleadh muid /
tuillimis; tuilleadh muid
thuilleadh sibh /
tuilleadh sibh
thuillidís; thuilleadh siad /
tuillidís; tuilleadh siad
a thuilleadh thuilltí /
tuilltí
singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
future tuillfidh mé;
tuillfead
tuillfidh tú;
tuillfir
tuillfidh sé, sí tuillfimid;
tuillfidh muid
tuillfidh sibh tuillfidh siad;
tuillfid
a thuillfidh; a thuillfeas tuillfear
conditional thuillfinn /
tuillfinn
thuillfeá /
tuillfeá
thuillfeadh sé, sí /
tuillfeadh sé, sí
thuillfimis; thuillfeadh muid /
tuillfimis; tuillfeadh muid
thuillfeadh sibh /
tuillfeadh sibh
thuillfidís; thuillfeadh siad /
tuillfidís; tuillfeadh siad
a thuillfeadh thuillfí /
tuillfí
subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
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 dtuillinn dtuillteá dtuilleadh sé, sí dtuillimis;
dtuilleadh muid
dtuilleadh sibh dtuillidís;
dtuilleadh siad
dtuilltí
imperative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
tuillim tuill tuilleadh sé, sí tuillimis tuilligí;
tuillidh
tuillidís tuilltear
past participle tuillte
verbal noun tuilleamh

archaic or dialect form
dependent form

Mutation

Mutated forms of tuill
radical lenition eclipsis
tuill thuill dtuill

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “do·slí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • 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

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt̪ul̠ʲ/

Adjective

tuill

  1. inflection of toll:
    1. masculine vocative/genitive singular
    2. feminine accusative/dative singular
    3. neuter genitive singular
    4. neuter nominative plural

Noun

tuill

  1. inflection of toll:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative plural

Mutation

Mutation of tuill
radical lenition nasalization
tuill thuill tuill
pronounced with /d̪-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

tuill m

  1. inflection of toll:
    1. genitive singular
    2. plural