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Afrikaans
Noun
uile
- plural of uil
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish uile, from Proto-Celtic *olyos (“all, whole, every”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂olyos.
Pronunciation
Determiner
uile (triggers lenition)
- all
- every
Synonyms
Derived terms
Adjective
uile
- all, the whole
Noun
an uile f (invariable)
- all, all things
Adverb
uile
- all, wholly, entirely
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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uile
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n-uile
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huile
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not applicable
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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) “uile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 69
Middle English
Noun
uile
- (Kent) Alternative form of oyle
Middle Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish uile, from Proto-Celtic *olyos (“all, whole, every”) (compare Welsh oll, Gaulish ollon), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂olyos (compare Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐍃 (alls, “all, whole”), Old Armenian ողջ (ołǰ)).
Pronunciation
Determiner
uile
- all
- whole
Descendants
Mutation
Middle Irish mutation
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Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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uile |
unchanged |
n-uile
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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
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *olyos (“all, whole, every”) (compare Welsh oll, Gaulish ollon), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂olyos (compare Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐍃 (alls, “all, whole”), Old Armenian ողջ (ołǰ)).
Pronunciation
Determiner
uile
- all (can also be used pronominally)
- huili doíni talman ― all the men of the earth
- Israheldai huli ― all the Israelites
- in tain do·n-airbertar in boill uili ― when all the members are subdued
- whole
- int huile talam ― the whole earth
- arin duiniu huiliu ― for the whole man
For quotations using this term, see Citations:uile.
Usage notes
May occur before or after the noun it modifies; it is usually accompanied by the definite article, except when used with proper nouns.
Inflection
io/iā-stem
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Singular
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Masculine
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Feminine
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Neuter
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Nominative
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uile
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uile
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uile
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Vocative
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uili
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Accusative
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uile
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uili
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Genitive
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uili
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uile
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uili
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Dative
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uiliu
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uili
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uiliu
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Plural
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Masculine
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Feminine/neuter
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Nominative
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uili
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uili
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Vocative
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uili uiliu*
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Accusative
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uili uiliu*
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Genitive
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uile
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Dative
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uilib
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Notes
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* when substantivized
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Derived terms
Descendants
Mutation
Old Irish mutation
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Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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uile (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
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unchanged
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n-uile
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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 Old Irish uile, from Proto-Celtic *olyos.
Pronunciation
Adverb
uile
- all
Adjective
uile
- all
Derived terms
References
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “uile”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language