deil

Gagauz

Adverb

deil

  1. (dated) alternative form of diil

Further reading

  • Ciachir, Mihail (1938), “deil”, in Dicționar gagauzo (tiurco)–român pentru gagauzii din Basarabia (in Romanian), Chișinău, page 39

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish deil (“a straight piece of wood in various applications”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʲelʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /dʲɨlʲ/[2]

Noun

deil f (genitive singular deile, nominative plural deileanna)

  1. lathe (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)

Declension

Declension of deil (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative deil deileanna
vocative a dheil a dheileanna
genitive deile deileanna
dative deil deileanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an deil na deileanna
genitive na deile na ndeileanna
dative leis an deil
don deil 		leis na deileanna

Derived terms

  • deil potaire (“potter's lathe”)

Verb

deil (present analytic deileann, future analytic deilfidh, verbal noun deileadh, past participle deilte)

  1. to turn, shape with a lathe

Conjugation

Conjugation of deil (first conjugation – A)
indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present deilim deileann tú;
deilir† 		deileann sé, sí deilimid; deileann muid deileann sibh deileann siad;
deilid† 		a dheileann; a dheileas deiltear
past dheil mé; dheileas dheil tú; dheilis dheil sé, sí dheileamar; dheil muid dheil sibh; dheileabhair dheil siad; dheileadar a dheil deileadh
past habitual dheilinn /
deilinn‡ 		dheilteá /
deilteᇠ		dheileadh sé, sí /
deileadh sé, sí‡ 		dheilimis; dheileadh muid /
deilimis‡; deileadh muid‡ 		dheileadh sibh /
deileadh sibh‡ 		dheilidís; dheileadh siad /
deilidís‡; deileadh siad‡ 		a dheileadh dheiltí /
deiltí‡
singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
future deilfidh mé;
deilfead 		deilfidh tú;
deilfir† 		deilfidh sé, sí deilfimid;
deilfidh muid 		deilfidh sibh deilfidh siad;
deilfid† 		a dheilfidh; a dheilfeas deilfear
conditional dheilfinn /
deilfinn‡ 		dheilfeá /
deilfeᇠ		dheilfeadh sé, sí /
deilfeadh sé, sí‡ 		dheilfimis; dheilfeadh muid /
deilfimis‡; deilfeadh muid‡ 		dheilfeadh sibh /
deilfeadh sibh‡ 		dheilfidís; dheilfeadh siad /
deilfidís‡; deilfeadh siad‡ 		a dheilfeadh dheilfí /
deilfí‡
subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present go ndeile mé;
go ndeilead† 		go ndeile tú;
go ndeilir† 		go ndeile sé, sí go ndeilimid;
go ndeile muid 		go ndeile sibh go ndeile siad;
go ndeilid† 		— go ndeiltear
past dá ndeilinn dá ndeilteá dá ndeileadh sé, sí dá ndeilimis;
dá ndeileadh muid 		dá ndeileadh sibh dá ndeilidís;
dá ndeileadh siad 		— dá ndeiltí
imperative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
— deilim deil deileadh sé, sí deilimis deiligí;
deilidh† 		deilidís — deiltear
past participle deilte
verbal noun deileadh

† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form

Mutation

Mutated forms of deil
radical lenition eclipsis
deil dheil ndeil

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 deil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 99, page 39

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

deil

  1. alternative form of del

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

deil m (definite singular deilen, indefinite plural deilar, definite plural deilane)

  1. (pre-1938) alternative form of del

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Middle English devel, from Old English dēofol.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /dil/, /divəl/

    Noun

    deil (plural deils)

    1. devil
      • 1827, Sir Walter Scott, "The Highland Widow" ch. 2, in The Chronicles of the Canongate:
        Those in the Lowland line who lay near him, and desired to enjoy their lives and property in quiet, were contented to pay him a small composition, in name of protection money, and comforted themselves with the old proverb that it was better to "fleech the deil than fight him."
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    Welsh

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /dei̯l/
    • Rhymes: -ei̯l

    Verb

    deil

    1. (literary) third-person singular present indicative/future of dal

    Mutation

    Mutated forms of deil
    radical soft nasal aspirate
    deil ddeil neil unchanged

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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