dáil

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See also: Dáil, dail, Dail, and dàil

Irish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Irish dál, from Proto-Celtic *datlā. Compare Breton dael and Welsh dadl.

Noun[edit]

dáil f (genitive singular dála, nominative plural dálaí)

  1. tryst
  2. betrothal
  3. legislature
  4. (usually capitalized; in full, Dáil Éireann) the lower house of the Irish parliament
  5. (in the plural) conditions
  6. (in the plural) data
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Irish dáilid.

Verb[edit]

dáil (present analytic dáileann, future analytic dáilfidh, verbal noun dáileadh, past participle dáilte)

  1. to allocate, distribute, allot
  2. to pour out
Conjugation[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dáil dháil ndáil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 121, page 65

Further reading[edit]

Old Irish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

·dáil

  1. third-person singular preterite conjunct of dáilid

dáil

  1. second-person singular imperative of dáilid

Noun[edit]

dáil

  1. genitive singular of dál n
  2. inflection of dál f:
    1. accusative/dative singular
    2. nominative/vocative/accusative dual

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
dáil dáil
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/
ndáil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.