See also: uile-

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Noun

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uile

  1. plural of uil

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish uile, from Proto-Celtic *olyos (all, whole, every), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂olyos.

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Determiner

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uile (triggers lenition)

  1. all
  2. every

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Adjective

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uile

  1. all, the whole

Noun

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an uile f (invariable)

  1. all, all things

Adverb

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uile

  1. all, wholly, entirely

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uile n-uile huile not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Middle English

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Noun

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uile

  1. (Kent) Alternative form of oyle

Middle Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish uile, from Proto-Celtic *olyos (all, whole, every) (compare Welsh oll, Gaulish ollon), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂olyos (compare Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐍃 (alls, all, whole), Old Armenian ողջ (ołǰ)).

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Determiner

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uile

  1. all
  2. whole

Descendants

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  • Irish: uile
  • Scottish Gaelic: uile
  • Manx: ooilley

Mutation

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Middle Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
uile unchanged n-uile
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *olyos (all, whole, every) (compare Welsh oll, Gaulish ollon), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂olyos (compare Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐍃 (alls, all, whole), Old Armenian ողջ (ołǰ)).

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Determiner

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uile

  1. all (can also be used pronominally)
    huili doíni talmanall the men of the earth
    Israheldai huliall the Israelites
    in tain do·n-airbertar in boill uiliwhen all the members are subdued
  2. whole
    int huile talamthe whole earth
    arin duiniu huiliufor the whole man

For quotations using this term, see Citations:uile.

Usage notes

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May occur before or after the noun it modifies; it is usually accompanied by the definite article, except when used with proper nouns.

Inflection

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io/iā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative uile uile uile
Vocative uili
Accusative uile uili
Genitive uili uile uili
Dative uiliu uili uiliu
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative uili uili
Vocative uili
uiliu*
Accusative uili
uiliu*
Genitive uile
Dative uilib
Notes * when substantivized

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
uile
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged n-uile
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Scottish Gaelic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish uile, from Proto-Celtic *olyos.

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Adverb

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uile

  1. all

Adjective

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uile

  1. all

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References

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  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “uile”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language