uilig

== Dutch == === Etymology === From uil (“owl”) +‎ -ig (“-y, -ish”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈœy̯.ləx/ Hyphenation: ui‧lig Rhymes: -œy̯ləx === Adjective === uilig (not comparable) silly, goofy, dopey (physically) resembling owls ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== uiligheid == Irish == === Alternative forms === alig, uileag === Etymology === Apparently a clipping of uile go léir, as cited in a letter from Holger Pedersen to Franz Nikolaus Finck. === Pronunciation === (Galway) IPA(key): /əˈlʲuɡ/, /əˈlʲɞɡ/ (corresponding to the form uileag) (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɨlʲiɟ/ === Adjective === uilig (indeclinable) Connacht and Ulster form of uile (“all, entire”) ==== Quotations ==== === Adverb === uilig Connacht and Ulster form of uile (“altogether, entirely”) ==== Quotations ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “uilig”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1292; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “uilig”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN “uilig”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026