fuil

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /fˠɪlʲ/^[1]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /fˠɨ̞lʲ/^[2]

From Middle Irish fuil, from Old Irish fuil,^[3] from Proto-Celtic *wolis, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃-.

fuil f (genitive singular fola, nominative plural fola)

1. blood

From Old Irish fil,^[4] originally an imperative meaning ‘see’, from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“see”), cognate with Welsh gweld (“to see”), Latin voltus (“face”). For the semantic development 'see here' > 'here is' compare French voici and voilà.

fuil

1. analytic present indicative dependent of bí

   An bhfuil sé anseo?

   Is he here?

   Creidim go bhfuil sí imithe

   I believe she is gone.

• fuileann (Munster)

• níl

fuil

1. Alternative form of fail

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fuil	fhuil	bhfuil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

From Old Irish fuil, from Proto-Celtic *wolis, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃-.

• IPA^(key): /ɸulʲ/

fuil f (i-stem, genitive fola)

1. blood
2. (by extension) a wound

• Irish: fuil
• Manx: fuill
• Scottish Gaelic: fuil

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
fuil	ḟuil	fuil pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

From Proto-Celtic *wolis, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (“to strike, wound”).

• IPA^(key): [ɸulʲ]

fuil f (genitive folo)

1. blood
2. (by extension) a wound

Feminine i-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	fuil	fuilL	fuiliH
Vocative	fuil	fuilL	fuiliH
Accusative	fuilN	fuilL	fuiliH
Genitive	foloH, folaH	foloH, folaH	fuileN
Dative	fuilL	fuilib	fuilib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

• fuilchar
• fuilech
• fuilide

• Middle Irish: fuil
  • Irish: fuil
  • Manx: fuill
  • Scottish Gaelic: fuil

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
fuil	ḟuil	fuil pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fuil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Under Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Valhalla”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

• feel (northern)
• feelish (adjective) (northern)

From Middle English fole (“fool”), from Old French fol, from Latin follis. Cognate with English fool.

• IPA^(key): /føl/, /fyl/, /fɪl/

fuil (plural fuils)

1. fool
   • 1858, Margaret Oliphant, The Laird of Norlaw, volume 2, page 325:

     “Hout, no,” said Aunt Jean, disturbed a little, yet confident, “fha would tell the like of Patricia or Joan—fuils and bairns!—and as for the like of my niece herself, she’s muckle taken up with her ain bits of troubles—she might hear of it at the time, but she would forget the day after; naebody minds but me.”

     “Tut, no,” said Aunt Jean, disturbed a little yet confident. “Who would tell the like of Patricia or Joan—they are fools and children! And as for my niece herself, she’s greatly taken up with her own troubles. She might hear of it at the time, but she would forget the day after. Nobody cares but me.”

fuil (comparative mair fuil, superlative maist fuil)

1. foolish, silly
   • 1858, Margaret Oliphant, The Laird of Norlaw, volume 1, page 202:

     “Money! Na! it’s ideas and no that sordid trash, that tempts me.”
     “And the mair fuil you!” said Big John, half in chagrin, half in admiration.

     “Money! No! it’s ideas and not that sordid trash that tempts me.”
     “And you’re even more foolish!” said Big John, half in chagrin, half in admiration.

   • 1940, John William Robertson Scott, The Countryman, page 92:

     Ye see I’d had a fleg ae day when I was passin’ the asylum. The gates burst open an’ a’ the fule fowk cam’ runnin’ oot, skelachin’ as they gaed doon the road.

     You see, I suffered a fright one day when I passing the asylum. The gates opened and all of the crazy people came running out, hooting as they went down the road.

From Middle Irish fuil, from Old Irish fuil, from Proto-Celtic *wolis, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃-.

• IPA^(key): /ful/

fuil f (genitive singular fala, no plural)

1. blood
2. family, tribe, kindred
3. bloodshed
4. wound
5. breeding
6. temper, nature

• Alternative genitive singular: faladh

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “fuil”, 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), “fuil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language