uilig

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word uilig. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word uilig, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say uilig in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word uilig you have here. The definition of the word uilig will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofuilig, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Dutch

Etymology

From uil (“owl”) +‎ -ig (“-y, -ish”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈœy̯.ləx/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ui‧lig
  • Rhymes: -œy̯ləx

Adjective

uilig (not comparable)

  1. silly, goofy, dopey
  2. (physically) resembling owls

Declension

Declension of uilig
uninflected uilig
inflected uilige
comparative —
positive
predicative/adverbial uilig
indefinite m./f. sing. uilige
n. sing. uilig
plural uilige
definite uilige
partitive uiligs

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.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

uilig (indeclinable)

  1. (Connacht, Ulster) Alternative form of uile (“all, entire”)

Quotations

  • 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, Lesson 8, in Learning Irish (overall work in English), 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

  1. (Connacht, Ulster) Alternative form of uile (“altogether, entirely”)

Quotations

  • 1988, Mícheál Ó Siadhail, Lesson 8, in Learning Irish (overall work in English), 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

Mutated forms of uilig
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uilig n-uilig huilig not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 270
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 97
  3. ^ Ó Siadhail, Mícheál (1988) Learning Irish (in Irish), New Haven: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 38
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 22

Further reading

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia