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Etymology
From uil (“owl”) + -ig (“-y, -ish”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
uilig (not comparable)
- silly, goofy, dopey
- (physically) resembling owls
Inflection
Derived terms
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Apparently a clipping of uile go léir, as cited in a letter from Holger Pedersen to Franz Nikolaus Finck.
Pronunciation
Adjective
uilig (indeclinable)
- (Connacht, Ulster) Alternative form of uile (“all, entire”)
1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:Bhí sé pósta ar sheisear ban i ndiaidh a chéile, acht do mharbhuigh sé alig an tsaoghal iad, ar eagla go mbeidheadh páistídhe ar bith aca.- He was married to six wives, one after another, but he killed all-in-the-world of them for fear they should have any children at all.
1988, Mícheál Ó Siadhail, Learning Irish, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 38:[…] bhí na gasúir bheaga uilig tuirseach agus cantalach. […] Má bhíonn an tseachtain uilig fliuch, deir na múinteoirí go mbíonn sé go dona.- all the little children were tired and cranky. If the entire week is wet, the teachers say that it’s bad.
Adverb
uilig
- (Connacht, Ulster) Alternative form of uile (“altogether, entirely”)
1988, Mícheál Ó Siadhail, Learning Irish, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 38:Tá neart múinteóirí anseo, cé nach bhfuil mórán gasúir uilig ann.- There are a lot of teachers here, although there are not many children altogether there.
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| uilig
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n-uilig
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huilig
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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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References
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 270
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 97
- ^ Ó Siadhail, Mícheál (1988) Learning Irish (in Irish), New Haven: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 38
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 22
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uilig”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “uilig” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.