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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish duille (“leaf; page”).
Pronunciation
Noun
duille m (genitive singular duille, nominative plural duillí)
- (botany) leaf
- (collective) leaves, foliage
- (anatomy) eyelid
- Synonym: caipín súile
- (figurative) glory, wealth
- (figurative) handout, leaflet
- Synonym: bileog
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| duille
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dhuille
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nduille
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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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
Descendants
Mutation
| Middle Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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| duille |
duille
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/, later /ɣ(ʲ)-/ |
nduille
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
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
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| duille |
dhuille
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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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