tuilleadh

Irish

Alternative forms

• tilleadh (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

From Old Irish tuilled (“increase”), verbal noun of do·lína (“increases, adds to”).

Pronunciation

• Verbal noun:
  • (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɪlʲə/
  • (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɪl̠ʲə/
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɪl̠ʲə/
  • (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɪl̠ʲuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɪl̠ʲu/
• Autonomous past verb form:
  • (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɪlʲəɡ/
  • (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɪl̠ʲəvˠ/
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɪl̠ʲəvˠ/
  • (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɪl̠ʲuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɪl̠ʲu/
• Imperative verb form:
  • (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɪlʲəx/
  • (Galway) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈt̪ˠɪl̠ʲətʲ/; (elsewhere) /ˈt̪ˠɪl̠ʲəx/
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈtʲɪl̠ʲətʲ/; (elsewhere) /ˈtʲɪl̠ʲəx/
  • (Mayo) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈt̪ˠɪl̠ʲətʲ/; (elsewhere) /ˈt̪ˠɪl̠ʲuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈt̪ˠɪl̠ʲətʲ/; (elsewhere) /ˈt̪ˠɪl̠ʲu/

Noun

tuilleadh m (genitive singular tuillidh)

1. (literary) (act of) adding to, increasing
2. addition, increase; more

Declension

Declension of tuilleadh

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative tuilleadh Vocative a thuillidh Genitive tuillidh Dative tuilleadh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an tuilleadh Genitive an tuillidh Dative leis an tuilleadh don tuilleadh

Derived terms

• a thuilleadh (“any more”)

Descendants

• → English: tilly

Verb

tuilleadh

1. inflection of tuill:
   1. autonomous past indicative
   2. third-person singular imperative

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tuilleadh	thuilleadh	dtuilleadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish tuilled (“(act of) increasing, adding to; increase, additional quantity, supplement”), verbal noun of do·lína (“increases, adds to”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ʰɯʎəɣ/

Noun

tuilleadh m (genitive singular tuilleadh, no plural)

1. more (additional amount or number), encore

Adverb

tuilleadh

1. more

   Bidh tuilleadh agam an-ath-sheachdain. ― I'll have more next week.

2. again, any more

   Chan eil gaol agam ort tuilleadh. ― I don't love you any more.

   Cha tàinig e tuilleadh. ― He didn't come again/any more.

Usage notes

• Followed by a noun in the genitive case, the preposition de and a noun in the dative case, or a prepositional pronoun derived from de:

  tuilleadh obrach ― more work

  tuilleadh de luchd-turais ― more tourists

  tuilleadh dhiubh ― more of them

• Used in the sense "additional":

  Gheibh mi tuilleadh airgid am bliadhna. ― I'll get more money this year. (= in addition to what I already have)

  Gheibh sibh tuilleadh fiosrachaidh on oifis againn. ― You'll get further information from our office.

• In the sense "more than before", "more than somebody/something else", "more than necessary" etc, barrachd is used instead:

  Fhuair mi barrachd airgid am bliadhna. ― I got more money this year. (= than last year, than usual etc)

Derived terms

• a thuilleadh air
• a thuilleadh air sin
• tuilleadh is

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
tuilleadh	thuilleadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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