tuilleadh

• tilleadh (Cois Fharraige, Ulster)

From Old Irish tuilled (“increase”), verbal noun of do·lína (“increases, adds to”).^[1]

• Noun:
  • (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɪlʲə/^[2]
  • (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲil̠ʲə/^[3][4]
  • (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲil̠ʲuː/^[5][6]
• Autonomous past verb form:
  • (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɪlʲəɡ/
  • (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲil̠ʲəvˠ/
  • (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲil̠ʲuː/
• Imperative verb form:
  • (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɪlʲəx/
  • (Galway) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈtʲil̠ʲətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈtʲil̠ʲəx/
  • (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈtʲil̠ʲətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈtʲil̠ʲuː/

tuilleadh m (genitive singular tuillidh)

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

• a thuilleadh (“any more”)

• → English: tilly

tuilleadh

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

• 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

From Old Irish tuilled (“(act of) increasing, adding to; increase, additional quantity, supplement”),^[1] verbal noun of do·lína (“increases, adds to”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ʰɯʎəɣ/
• Lewis
  • (Ness) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪ʰiʎəɣ]^[2]
  • (Bernera) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪ʰɯʎəɣ]^[3]
  • (Lochs) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪ʰɨʎəɣ]^[4]

tuilleadh m (genitive singular tuilleadh, no plural)

1. more (additional amount or number), encore

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.

• 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)

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

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “tuilleadh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[3], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN