diúl

See also: diül

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier deol, of which diúl was originally the dative singular, from Old Irish deol, verbal noun of denaid. In Modern Irish, the verb is denominal from the noun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʲuːlˠ/[1]
  • (Kerry) IPA(key): /dʲoːl̪ˠ/[2] (corresponding to the form deol)

Noun

diúl m (genitive singular diúil)

  1. verbal noun of diúl
  2. suckling (feeding at the breast)
    Synonym: tál
  3. sucking (being fed at the breast)
  4. (sex, vulgar) blowjob
    Synonym: séideog

Declension

Declension of diúl (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative diúl
vocative a dhiúil
genitive diúil
dative diúl
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an diúl
genitive an diúil
dative leis an diúl
don diúl

Derived terms

  • fiacail diúil (milk-tooth)

Verb

diúl (present analytic diúlann, future analytic diúlfaidh, verbal noun diúl, past participle diúlta)

  1. (ambitransitive) to suckle, suck (especially of babies and young animals)

Conjugation

Mutation

Mutated forms of diúl
radical lenition eclipsis
diúl dhiúl ndiúl

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 474, page 151
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 32, page 18

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “diúl”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 344; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “diúl”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “diúl”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
  • diúl”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025