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tuilleadh
tuilleadh
Irish
Alternative forms
- tilleadh (Cois Fharraige)
Noun
tuilleadh m (genitive singular tuillidh)
- (literary) (act of) adding to, increasing
- addition, increase; more
Declension
Declension of tuilleadh
First declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Verb
tuilleadh
- inflection of tuill:
- past indicative autonomous
- past subjunctive analytic
- third-person singular imperative
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| tuilleadh | thuilleadh | dtuilleadh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "tuilleadh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “tuilled” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish tuilled (“(act of) increasing, adding to; increase, additional quantity, supplement”), verbal noun of do·lína (“increases, adds to”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t̪ʰɯʎəɣ/
Noun
tuilleadh m (genitive singular tuilleadh, no plural)
Adverb
tuilleadh
- more
- Bidh tuilleadh agam an ath sheachdain. ― I'll have more next week.
- again, any more
- Chan eil gaol agam ort tuilleadh. ― I don't love you any more.
- Cha tàinig e tuilleadh. ― He didn't come again/any more.
Usage notes
- Followed by a noun in the genitive case, the preposition de and a noun in the dative case, or a prepositional pronoun derived from de:
- tuilleadh obrach ― more work
- tuilleadh de luchd-turais ― more tourists
- tuilleadh dhiubh ― more of them
- Used in the sense "additional":
- Gheibh mi tuilleadh airgid am bliadhna. ― I'll get more money this year. (= in addition to what I already have)
- Gheibh sibh tuilleadh fiosrachaidh on oifis againn. ― You'll get further information from our office.
- In the sense "more than before", "more than somebody/something else", "more than necessary" etc, barrachd is used instead:
- Fhuair mi barrachd airgid am bliadhna. ― I got more money this year. (= than last year, than usual etc)
Derived terms
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| tuilleadh | thuilleadh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “tuilled” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.