toil
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
toil (plural toils)
- labour, work
- 1908: Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
- ...he set to work again and made the snow fly in all directions around him. After some further toil his efforts were rewarded, and a very shabby door-mat lay exposed to view.
- 1908: Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
- trouble, strife
[edit] Translations
labor, work
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[edit] Verb
toil (third-person singular simple present toils, present participle toiling, simple past and past participle toiled)
[edit] Translations
to labor, to work
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[edit] Noun
toil
[edit] Irish
[edit] Etymology
From Old Irish tol (“will, desire”).
[edit] Noun
toil f.
[edit] Declension
- Third declension
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Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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| toil | thoil | dtoil | |
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[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Scottish Gaelic
[edit] Etymology
From Old Irish tol (“will, desire”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [t̪ɔl], /t̪ʰɔl/
[edit] Noun
toil f. (genitive toile, plural toilean)
[edit] Phrases
- Is toil leum - I like
- Mas e do thoil e - please
