tuill

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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)
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* 		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* 		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

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

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

tuill m

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