Scottish Gaelic word

dùil

hope, expectation, expectancy, prospect

nounfeminine

dùil means “hope, expectation, expectancy, prospect” in Scottish Gaelic and is used as a noun.

Mutation forms

Mutation	Form
Base form	dùil
Sèimheachadh	dhùil

Tha mi an dùil a thighinn.

I expect to come.

Tha Tòmas 'n dùil gur e.

Tom expects so.

Bha Tòmas an dùil gun robh Màiri gu sùnndach.

Tom expected Mary to be in good spirits.

Tha dùil aig Tòmas mo phòsadh, ach chan eil agam ris a phòsadh.

Tom expects to marry me, but I don't have to marry him.

Tha dùil aig Tòmas mo phòsadh, ach chan eil agam ris a phòsadh.

Tom expects to marry me, but I am not obliged to marry him.

Emotions

buidheachas

gratitude, thanks, thanksgiving, acknowledgement

bàidh

mercy, clemency, commiseration, partiality, benignity, humanity

caoineadh

weeping, crying, lamenting

dòchas

hope, expectancy

farmad

envy, jealousy

fearg

anger, passion, rage, resentment, wrath

fuath

antipathy, hate, hatred

gràdh

love

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