duilliúr

Irish

Alternative forms

• duileabhar, duilleabhar (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish duillebar (“foliage”). By surface analysis, duille (“leaf”) +‎ -úr.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /dʲəˈlʲuːɾˠ/ (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

Declension of duilliúr (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative duilliúr vocative a dhuilliúir genitive duilliúir dative duilliúr forms with the definite article case singular nominative an duilliúr genitive an duilliúir dative leis an duilliúr don duilliúr

Mutation

Mutated forms of duilliúr

radical	lenition	eclipsis
duilliúr	dhuilliúr	nduilliúr

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “duilliúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “duilliúr”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “duilliúr”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024