tuilleadh

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish tuilled (“increase”), verbal noun of do·lína (“increases, adds to”).

Pronunciation

Noun

tuilleadh m (genitive singular tuillidh)

  1. (literary) (act of) adding to, increasing
  2. addition, increase; more

Declension

Declension of tuilleadh

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative tuilleadh
Vocative a thuillidh
Genitive tuillidh
Dative tuilleadh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an tuilleadh
Genitive an tuillidh
Dative leis an tuilleadh

don tuilleadh

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: tilly

Verb

tuilleadh

  1. inflection of tuill:
    1. autonomous past indicative
    2. third-person singular imperative

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tuilleadh thuilleadh dtuilleadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tuilled”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 59
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 83

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish tuilled (“(act of) increasing, adding to; increase, additional quantity, supplement”), verbal noun of do·lína (“increases, adds to”).

Pronunciation

Noun

tuilleadh m (genitive singular tuilleadh, no plural)

  1. more (additional amount or number), encore

Adverb

tuilleadh

  1. more
    Bidh tuilleadh agam an-ath-sheachdain. ― I'll have more next week.
  2. again, any more
    Chan eil gaol agam ort tuilleadh. ― I don't love you any more.
    Cha tàinig e tuilleadh. ― He didn't come again/any more.

Usage notes

  • Followed by a noun in the genitive case, the preposition de and a noun in the dative case, or a prepositional pronoun derived from de:
    tuilleadh obrach ― more work
    tuilleadh de luchd-turais ― more tourists
    tuilleadh dhiubh ― more of them
  • Used in the sense "additional":
    Gheibh mi tuilleadh airgid am bliadhna. ― I'll get more money this year. (= in addition to what I already have)
    Gheibh sibh tuilleadh fiosrachaidh on oifis againn. ― You'll get further information from our office.
  • In the sense "more than before", "more than somebody/something else", "more than necessary" etc, barrachd is used instead:
    Fhuair mi barrachd airgid am bliadhna. ― I got more money this year. (= than last year, than usual etc)

Derived terms

Mutation

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

References

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