uilig

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /əˈlʲɪɟ/
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /əˈlʲʊɡ/ (as if spelled uiliog)

Adjective

uilig (indeclinable)

  1. (Connacht, Ulster) Alternative form of uile (“all, entire”)
    • 1988, Mícheál Ó Siadhail, Learning Irish, Yale University Press, →ISBN, p. 38:
      […] bhí na gasúir bheaga uilig tuirseach agus cantalach. […] Má bhíonn an tseachtain uilig fliuch, deir na múinteoirí go mbíonn sé go dona.
      […] all the little children were tired and cranky. […] If the entire week is wet, the teachers say that it’s bad.

Adverb

uilig

  1. (Connacht, Ulster) Alternative form of uile (“altogether, entirely”)
    • 1988, Mícheál Ó Siadhail, Learning Irish, Yale University Press, →ISBN, p. 38:
      Tá neart múinteóirí anseo, cé nach bhfuil mórán gasúir uilig ann.
      There are a lot of teachers here, although there are not many children altogether there.

Mutation

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

Further reading

  • "uilig" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “uilig” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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