duilliúr

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish duillebar (foliage).[2] By surface analysis, duille (leaf) + -úr.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /dʲəˈlʲuːɾˠ/[3] (as if spelled dilliúr)
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɪl̠ʲuːɾˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɪl̠ʲuɾˠ/

Noun

duilliúr m (genitive singular duilliúir)

  1. leaves
  2. foliage
    Synonym: clúmh
  3. greenery

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
duilliúr dhuilliúr nduilliúr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. duilliúr”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “duillebar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 84

Further reading

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