duille

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish duille (“leaf; page”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɪlʲə/

Noun

duille m (genitive singular duille, nominative plural duillí)

1. (botany) leaf
2. (collective) leaves, foliage
3. (anatomy) eyelid

   Synonym: caipín súile

4. (figurative) glory, wealth
5. (figurative) handout, leaflet

   Synonym: bileog

Declension

Declension of duille

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative duille duillí Vocative a dhuille a dhuillí Genitive duille duillí Dative duille duillí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an duille na duillí Genitive an duille na nduillí Dative leis an duille don duille leis na duillí

Derived terms

• comhdhuille
• dédhuilleach
• duille acantais
• duilleach
• duilleagar
• duilleog
• duilligh
• duillín
• duilliúil
• duilliúr
• duillsilteach

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
duille	dhuille	nduille
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

• duilne (earlier)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁-. Cognate with Welsh dail (“leaf”) and Ancient Greek θάλλω (thállō, “to bloom”).

Noun

duille f

1. (botany) leaf; (collective) foliage
2. something resembling a leaf, especially a leaf of a book

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	duilleL	duilliL	duilli
Vocative	duilleL	duilliL	duilli
Accusative	duilliN	duilliL	duilli
Genitive	duille	duilleL	duilleN
Dative	duilliL	duillib	duillib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• duillebad
• duillebar
• duillech
• duillechán
• duilledach
• duillén
• duillend
• duillenn
• duilleóg
• duillerad

 

Descendants

• Irish: duille
• Manx: duilley
• Scottish Gaelic: duille

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
duille	duille pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	nduille
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), “duille”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish duille (“leaf; something resembling a leaf”).

Noun

duille f (genitive singular duille, plural duillean)

1. (botany) leaf

   Synonym: duilleag

2. scabbard

   Synonym: duille-sgeine

3. (anatomy, vulgar slang) vagina

Derived terms

• dà-dhuilleach
• dà-dhuilleach
• dor-dhuille
• duille-dorais
• duilleach
• duilleachan
• eadar-dhuillich
• gun duille

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “duille”, 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), “duille”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language