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

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish tuilid, from Old Irish do·lin.

Verb

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

  1. (ambitransitive) to flood

Conjugation

  • 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

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)

  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, verbal noun of Old Irish do·lin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tul/

Noun

tuil f (genitive singular tuile, plural tuiltean)

  1. flood, deluge, torrent

Derived terms

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.