tuil

See also: Tuil and -túil

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tœy̯l/
  • (file)

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

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

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tuil thuil dtuil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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

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

Mutation

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