tuáille
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish tuáille, borrowed from Middle English towel, towail, towaille or else directly from Old French toaille, from Frankish *þwahila (“cloth”), from Proto-Germanic *þwahilō (“wash-cloth”, literally “something used for washing”), from *þwahaną (“to wash”), from Proto-Indo-European *tʷak- (“to bathe”).
Declension
Declension of tuáille
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- éadach tuáillí m, tuáilléadach m (“terry cloth”)
- ráille tuáillí m (“towel-rail”)
- tuáille páipéir (“paper towel”) (for drying hands)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| tuáille | thuáille | dtuáille |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "tuáille" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “tuáille” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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