fuil

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish fuil, from Old Irish fuil, from Proto-Celtic *wolis, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃-.

Noun

fuil f (genitive singular fola, nominative plural fola)

  1. blood
Declension
Declension of fuil

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fuil fola
Vocative a fhuil a fhola
Genitive fola fola
Dative fuil fola

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an fhuil na fola
Genitive na fola na bhfola
Dative leis an bhfuil

don fhuil

leis na fola
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish fil, originally an imperative meaning ‘see’, from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“see”), cognate with Welsh gweld (“to see”), Latin voltus (“face”). For the semantic development 'see here' > 'here is' compare French voici and voilà.

Verb

fuil

  1. analytic present indicative dependent of bí
    An bhfuil sé anseo?
    Is he here?
    Creidim go bhfuil sí imithe
    I believe she is gone.
Alternative forms
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

fuil

  1. Alternative form of fail

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fuil fhuil bhfuil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 76
  2. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fuil (‘blood’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “at·tá (‘to be’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fuil, from Proto-Celtic *wolis, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃-.

Pronunciation

Noun

fuil f (i-stem, genitive fola)

  1. blood
  2. (by extension) a wound

Descendants

  • Irish: fuil
  • Manx: fuill
  • Scottish Gaelic: fuil

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
fuil ḟuil fuil
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wolis, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (“to strike, wound”).

Pronunciation

Noun

fuil f (genitive folo)

  1. blood
  2. (by extension) a wound

Inflection

Feminine i-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative fuil fuilL fuiliH
Vocative fuil fuilL fuiliH
Accusative fuilN fuilL fuiliH
Genitive foloH, folaH foloH, folaH fuileN
Dative fuilL fuilib fuilib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
fuil ḟuil fuil
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English fole (“fool”), from Old French fol, from Latin follis. Cognate with English fool.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /føl/, /fyl/, /fɪl/

Noun

fuil (plural fuils)

  1. fool
    • 1858, Margaret Oliphant, The Laird of Norlaw, volume 2, page 325:
      “Hout, no,” said Aunt Jean, disturbed a little, yet confident, “fha would tell the like of Patricia or Joan—fuils and bairns!—and as for the like of my niece herself, she’s muckle taken up with her ain bits of troubles—she might hear of it at the time, but she would forget the day after; naebody minds but me.”
      “Tut, no,” said Aunt Jean, disturbed a little yet confident. “Who would tell the like of Patricia or Joan—they are fools and children! And as for my niece herself, she’s greatly taken up with her own troubles. She might hear of it at the time, but she would forget the day after. Nobody cares but me.”

Adjective

fuil (comparative mair fuil, superlative maist fuil)

  1. foolish, silly
    • 1858, Margaret Oliphant, The Laird of Norlaw, volume 1, page 202:
      “Money! Na! it’s ideas and no that sordid trash, that tempts me.”
      “And the mair fuil you!” said Big John, half in chagrin, half in admiration.
      “Money! No! it’s ideas and not that sordid trash that tempts me.”
      “And you’re even more foolish!” said Big John, half in chagrin, half in admiration.
    • 1940, John William Robertson Scott, The Countryman, page 92:
      Ye see I’d had a fleg ae day when I was passin’ the asylum. The gates burst open an’ a’ the fule fowk cam’ runnin’ oot, skelachin’ as they gaed doon the road.
      You see, I suffered a fright one day when I passing the asylum. The gates opened and all of the crazy people came running out, hooting as they went down the road.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish fuil, from Old Irish fuil, from Proto-Celtic *wolis, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃-.

Pronunciation

Noun

fuil f (genitive singular fala, no plural)

  1. blood
  2. family, tribe, kindred
  3. bloodshed
  4. wound
  5. breeding
  6. temper, nature

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
fuil fhuil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “fuil”, 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), “fuil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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