tuil

See also: Tuil and -túil

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tœy̯l/

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Etymology 1

Noun

tuil m (plural tuilen, diminutive tuiltje n)

1. bouquet of flowers

Etymology 2

Derived from Middle Dutch tuelen, tuylen (“to work”). Related to English toil, Old Frisian teula (“to labour, toil”).

Noun

tuil m (uncountable, diminutive tuiltje n)

1. toil, work

Anagrams

• luit

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tuilid, from earlier do-lin.

Verb

tuil (present analytic tuileann, future analytic tuilfidh, verbal noun tuile, past participle tuilte)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to flood

Conjugation

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	tuilim	tuileann tú; tuilir†	tuileann sé, sí	tuilimid	tuileann sibh	tuileann siad; tuilid†	a thuileann; a thuileas / a dtuileann*	tuiltear
	past	thuil mé; thuileas	thuil tú; thuilis	thuil sé, sí	thuileamar; thuil muid	thuil sibh; thuileabhair	thuil siad; thuileadar	a thuil / ar thuil*	tuileadh
	past habitual	thuilinn / dtuilinn‡‡	thuilteá / dtuilteᇇ	thuileadh sé, sí / dtuileadh sé, s퇇	thuilimis; thuileadh muid / dtuilimis‡‡; dtuileadh muid‡‡	thuileadh sibh / dtuileadh sibh‡‡	thuilidís; thuileadh siad / dtuilidís‡‡; dtuileadh siad‡‡	a thuileadh / a dtuileadh*	thuiltí / dtuilt퇇
future		tuilfidh mé; tuilfead	tuilfidh tú; tuilfir†	tuilfidh sé, sí	tuilfimid; tuilfidh muid	tuilfidh sibh	tuilfidh siad; tuilfid†	a thuilfidh; a thuilfeas / a dtuilfidh*	tuilfear
conditional		thuilfinn / dtuilfinn‡‡	thuilfeá / dtuilfeᇇ	thuilfeadh sé, sí / dtuilfeadh sé, s퇇	thuilfimis; thuilfeadh muid / dtuilfimis‡‡; dtuilfeadh muid‡‡	thuilfeadh sibh / dtuilfeadh sibh‡‡	thuilfidís; thuilfeadh siad / dtuilfidís‡‡; dtuilfeadh siad‡‡	a thuilfeadh / a dtuilfeadh*	thuilfí / dtuilf퇇
subjunctive	present	go dtuile mé; go dtuilead†	go dtuile tú; go dtuilir†	go dtuile sé, sí	go dtuilimid; go dtuile muid	go dtuile sibh	go dtuile siad; go dtuilid†	—	go dtuiltear
	past	dá dtuilinn	dá dtuilteá	dá dtuileadh sé, sí	dá dtuilimis; dá dtuileadh muid	dá dtuileadh sibh	dá dtuilidís; dá dtuileadh siad	—	dá dtuiltí
imperative		tuilim	tuil	tuileadh sé, sí	tuilimis	tuiligí; tuilidh†	tuilidís	—	tuiltear
verbal noun		tuile
past participle		tuilte

conjugation of tuil (first conjugation – A)

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Related terms

• tóla m (“flood [literary]”)
• tulca m (“flood, deluge”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tuil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tuil	thuil	dtuil

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tuil, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *tuil, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *tuil, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuil/, [tuel], [tuɪl]
• Rhymes: -uel, -wel, -el

Noun

tuil (Jawi spelling توءيل, plural tuil-tuil, informal 1st possessive tuilku, 2nd possessive tuilmu, 3rd possessive tuilnya)

1. (mechanics) Lever (rigid piece)

Synonyms

• pengumpil
• pengungkil
• pengungkit
• tuas

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English tool, tol, from Old English tōl (“tool, implement, instrument”, literally “that with which one prepares something”), perhaps borrowed from Old Norse tól, but at any rate ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tōlą (“that which is used in preparation, tool”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- (“to tie to, secure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tøl/, /tɪl/

Noun

tuil (plural tuils)

1. tool

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish tuile, from the root tu- (“swell”). Cognate with Greek τύλος (týlos, “knob, weal”). The Old Irish root ól- (“to flood, abound”) gives Old Irish tólam (“flood”) and imról, foróil (“abundance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tul/

Noun

tuil f (genitive singular tuile, plural tuiltean)

1. flood, deluge, torrent

Derived terms

• an Tuil Ruadh
• cìrean na tuile

Mutation

Mutation of tuil

radical	lenition
tuil	thuil

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.