# duille
## Irish
### Etymology

From Middle Irish duille (“leaf; page”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d̪ˠɪlʲə/

### Noun

duille m (genitive singular duille, nominative plural duillí)
* (botany) leaf
* (collective) leaves, foliage
* (anatomy) eyelid
    Synonym: caipín súile
* (figurative) glory, wealth
* (figurative) handout, leaflet
    Synonym: bileog

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
duille
duillí
vocative
a dhuille
a dhuillí
genitive
duille
duillí
dative
duille
duillí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an duille
na duillí
genitive
an duille
na nduillí
dative
leis an duille don duille
leis na duillí :

#### Derived terms

* comhdhuille
* dédhuilleach
* duille acantais
* duilleach
* duilleagar
* duilleog
* duilligh
* duillín
* duilliúil
* duilliúr
* duillsilteach

### Mutation

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) “duille”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “duille”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “duille”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “duille”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Middle Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish duilne, from Proto-Celtic *dolinyā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁- (“to bloom”). Cognate with Welsh dail and Breton delienn, which are from a variant Proto-Celtic form *dolyā, and more distantly with Ancient Greek θάλλω (thállō, “to bloom”).

### Noun

duille f
* leaf; (collective) foliage
* something resembling a leaf, especially a leaf of a book

#### Derived terms

* duillebad
* duillebar
* duillech
* duillechán
* duilledach
* duillén
* duillend
* duillenn
* duilleóg
* duillerad

#### Descendants

* Irish: duille
* Manx: duilley
* Scottish Gaelic: duille

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “duille”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Middle Irish duille (“leaf; something resembling a leaf”).

### Noun

duille f (genitive singular duille, plural duillean)
* (botany) leaf
    Synonym: duilleag
* scabbard
    Synonym: duille-sgeine
* (anatomy, vulgar slang) vagina

#### Derived terms

* dà-dhuilleach
* dà-dhuilleach
* dor-dhuille
* duille-dorais
* duilleach
* duilleachan
* eadar-dhuillich
* gun duille

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “duille”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “duille”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language