tuil

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See also: Tuil and -túil

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tœy̯l/
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Etymology 1

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Noun

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tuil m (plural tuilen, diminutive tuiltje n)

  1. bouquet of flowers

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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tuil m (uncountable, diminutive tuiltje n)

  1. toil, work

Anagrams

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish tuilid, from earlier do-lin.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to flood

Conjugation

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

Mutation

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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.

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Malay

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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

  1. (mechanics) Lever (rigid piece)

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Scots

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Etymology

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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).

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Noun

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tuil (plural tuils)

  1. tool

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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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).

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Noun

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tuil f (genitive singular tuile, plural tuiltean)

  1. flood, deluge, torrent

Derived terms

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Mutation

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