tuilleadh

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish tuilled (“(act of) increasing, adding to; increase, additional quantity, supplement”), verbal noun of do·lína (“increases, adds to”).

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠɪlʲə/
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠɪl̠ʲə/
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈtʲɪl̠ʲə/ (also spelled tilleadh)
  • (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠɪl̠ʲuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠɪl̠ʲu/

Noun

tuilleadh m (genitive singular tuillidh)

  1. (literary) (act of) adding to, increasing
  2. addition, increase; more

Declension
Declension of tuilleadh

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative tuilleadh
Vocative a thuillidh
Genitive tuillidh
Dative tuilleadh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an tuilleadh
Genitive an tuillidh
Dative leis an tuilleadh

don tuilleadh

Verb

tuilleadh

  1. inflection of tuill:
    1. past indicative autonomous
    2. past subjunctive analytic
    3. 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

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)

  1. more (additional amount or number), encore

Adverb

tuilleadh

  1. more
    Bidh tuilleadh agam an ath sheachdain. ― I'll have more next week.
  2. 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
RadicalLenition
tuilleadhthuilleadh
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
  • “tuilled” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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