fuil

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fˠɪlʲ/
• IPA^(key): /fˠɨ̞lʲ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish fuil, from Old Irish fuil, from Proto-Celtic *wolis, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃-.

Noun

fuil f (genitive singular fola, nominative plural fola)

1. blood

Declension

Declension of fuil

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative fuil fola Vocative a fhuil a fhola Genitive fola fola Dative fuil fola

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhuil na fola Genitive na fola na bhfola Dative leis an bhfuil don fhuil leis na fola

Derived terms

• airgead fola
• báire na fola
• banc fola
• boilg fola
• braon fola
• brú fola
• cíocras fola
• cnapán fola
• coirpín fola
• col fola
• crithir fola
• crobh fola
• cú fola
• cur fola
• deamhan fola
• deontóir fola
• doirteadh fola
• flosc fola
• fual fola
• fuil a chur
• fuil dhragain
• fuil mhíosta
• fuil shróine
• fuil talún
• fuilchill
• fuilchoirpín
• fuilphlasma
• gaol fola
• ligean fola
• lucht fola
• lus na fola
• madra fola
• mún fola
• nimhiú fola
• rian fola
• rith fola
• scian fola
• soitheach fola
• stór fola
• súmaire fola
• tarraingt fola
• téachtán fola
• teocht na fola
• uaisle fola

 

Etymology 2

From Old Irish fil, originally an imperative meaning ‘see’, from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“see”), cognate with Welsh gweld (“to see”), Latin voltus (“face”). For the semantic development 'see here' > 'here is' compare French voici and voilà.

Verb

fuil

1. present indicative dependent analytic of bí

   An bhfuil sé anseo?

   Is he here?

   Creidim go bhfuil sí imithe

   I believe she is gone.

Alternative forms

• fuileann (Munster)

Derived terms

• níl

Etymology 3

Noun

fuil

1. Alternative form of fail

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fuil	fhuil	bhfuil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fuil (‘blood’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “at·tá (‘to be’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fuil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fuil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fuil, from Proto-Celtic *wolis, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fulʲ/

Noun

fuil f (i-stem, genitive fola)

1. blood
2. (by extension) a wound

Descendants

• Irish: fuil
• Manx: fuill
• Scottish Gaelic: fuil

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
fuil	ḟuil	fuil pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fuil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wolis, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (“to strike, wound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fulʲ/

Noun

fuil f (genitive folo)

1. blood
2. (by extension) a wound

Inflection

Feminine i-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	fuil	fuilL	fuiliH
Vocative	fuil	fuilL	fuiliH
Accusative	fuilN	fuilL	fuiliH
Genitive	foloH, folaH	foloH, folaH	fuileN
Dative	fuilL	fuilib	fuilib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• fuilchar
• fuilech
• fuilide

 

Descendants

• Middle Irish: fuil
  • Irish: fuil
  • Manx: fuill
  • Scottish Gaelic: fuil

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
fuil	ḟuil	fuil pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fuil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Under Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Valhalla”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish fuil, from Old Irish fuil, from Proto-Celtic *wolis, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ful/

Noun

fuil f (genitive singular fala, no plural)

1. blood
2. family, tribe, kindred
3. bloodshed
4. wound
5. breeding
6. temper, nature

Derived terms

• casg-fala
• dòrtadh-fala
• fuil-mhìos
• is tighe fuil na bùrn
• leig fuil
• neasgaidean fala

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “fuil”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fuil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language