fuil
Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Irish fuil, from Old Irish fuil.
Noun
fuil f (genitive singular fola, nominative plural fola)
Declension
Declension of fuil
Derived terms
- airgead fola m (“blood-money”)
- an braon fola m (“blue blood; manly spirit”)
- báire na fola m (“battle”)
- banc fola m (“blood bank”)
- boilg fola m pl (“glanders”)
- brú fola m (“blood pressure”)
- cíocras fola m (“bloodthirstiness”)
- cnapán fola m, téachtán fola m (“clot of blood”)
- coirpín fola m, fuilchoirpín m (“blood corpuscle”)
- col fola m, gao fola m (“consanguinity”)
- crithir fola f (“braxy”) (in sheep)
- crobh fola m (“geranium”)
- cú fola m, madra fola (“bloodhound”)
- cur fola m (“bleeding”)
- deamhan fola m (“vampire”)
- deontóir fola m (“blood donor”)
- doirteadh fola m (“bloodshed”)
- flosc fola m (“bloody flux”)
- fual fola m (“haematuria”)
- fuil a chur (“to bleed”)
- fuil dhragain f (“dragon's-blood”)
- fuil mhíosta f (“menstruation, menstrual fluid”)
- fuil shróine f (“nose-bleeding”)
- fuil talún f (“blood-wort”)
- fuilchill f (“blood cell”)
- fuilphlasma m (“blood plasma”)
- gan fuil (“bloodless”)
- ligean fola m, tarraingt fola f (“blood-letting”)
- lucht fola m (“bloodthirsty persons”)
- lus na fola m (“shepherd's purse”)
- mún fola m (“red murrain”)
- nimhiú fola m (“blood-poisoning”)
- rian fola m (“bloodstain”)
- rith fola m (“bloody flux, dysentery; haemorrhage”)
- scian fola f (“lancet”)
- soitheach fola m (“blood-vessel”)
- stór fola m (“blood-bank”)
- súmaire fola m (“blood-sucker, leech, vampire”)
- teocht na fola f (“blood temperature”)
- uaisle fola f (“noble blood”)
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
- present indicative dependent analytic of bí
- An bhfuil sé anseo?
- Is he here?
- Creidim go bhfuil sí imithe
- I believe she is gone.
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Noun
fuil
- Alternative form of fail
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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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
Middle Irish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
fuil f (i-stem, genitive fola)
Descendants
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
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *wolis, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (“to strike, wound”).
Pronunciation
Noun
fuil f (genitive folo)
Inflection
Feminine i-stem | |||
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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:
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Derived terms
Descendants
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.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish fuil, from Old Irish fuil.
Noun
fuil f (genitive singular fala, no plural)
Derived terms
- casg-fala (“tourniquet”)
- dòrtadh-fala (“bloodshed”)
- fuil-mhìos (“menstruation”)
- is tighe fuil na bùrn (“blood is thicker than water”)
- leig fuil (“bleed”)
- neasgaidean fala (“haemorrhoids”)
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
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