duille

Irish

Noun

duille m ‎(genitive singular duille, nominative plural duillí)

(botany) leaf
(collective) leaves, foliage
(anatomy) eyelid
(figuratively) glory, wealth
(figuratively) handout, leaflet

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

Synonyms

(handout, leaflet): bileog
(eyelid): caipín súile

Derived terms

Terms derived from duille

comhdhuille m ‎(“counterfoil”)
dédhuilleach ‎(“bifoliate”, adjective)
duilleach ‎(“leafy; leaf-shaped, leaf-patterned”, adjective)
duilleagar m ‎(“phyllotaxy”)

duilleog f ‎(“leaf; page; sheet”)
duilligh ‎(“foliate”, verb)
duillín m ‎(“docket”)

duilliúil ‎(“foliose”, adjective)
duilliúr m ‎(“leaves, foliage; greenery”)
duillsilteach ‎(“deciduous”, adjective)

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.

References

"duille" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“duille” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Irish

Alternative forms

(earlier) duilne

Noun

duille f

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

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Terms derived from duille

duillebad, duillerad ‎(“foliage”)
duillebar ‎(“leafage, foliage”)

duillechán ‎(“booklet, pamphlet; book”)
duillech, duilledach ‎(“leafy, abounding in foliage; leaf-shaped”)

duillend, duillenn, duillén ‎(“leaf; leaf or strip for writing on; page (of a book); leaf-shaped blade of a spear, hence spear”)
duilleóg ‎(“leaf; leaf of a book”)

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.

References

“duille” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Noun

duille f ‎(genitive singular duille, plural duillean)

(botany) leaf
scabbard
(anatomy, vulgar slang) ****

Synonyms

(leaf): duilleag
(scabbard): duille-sgeine

Derived terms

Terms derived from duille

dà-dhuilleach ‎(“bifoliate, two-folded”, adj)
dà-dhuilleach m ‎(“twayblade”)
duilleachan ‎(“leaflet, pamphlet”)

duilleach ‎(“foliage”)
duille-dorais, dor-dhuille ‎(“leaf of a door”)

eadar-dhuillich ‎(“interleave”)
gun duille ‎(“leafless”)

References

Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
“duille” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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duille

Irish

Noun

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