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diúl

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See also: diül

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From earlier deol, of which diúl was originally the dative singular, from Old Irish deol, verbal noun of denaid. In Modern Irish, the verb is denominative from the noun.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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diúl m (genitive singular diúil)

  1. verbal noun of diúl
  2. suckling (feeding at the breast)
    Synonym: tál
  3. sucking (being fed at the breast)
  4. (sex, vulgar) blowjob
    Synonym: séideog

Declension

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Declension of diúl (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative diúl
vocative a dhiúil
genitive diúil
dative diúl
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an diúl
genitive an diúil
dative leis an diúl
don diúl

Derived terms

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Verb

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diúl (present analytic diúlann, future analytic diúlfaidh, verbal noun diúl, past participle diúlta)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) suckle, suck (especially of babies and young animals)

Conjugation

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of diúl
radical lenition eclipsis
diúl dhiúl ndiúl

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 18

Further reading

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