dàil

See also: dail, Dail, and dáil

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish dál, from Proto-Celtic *dâli-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwel-, *dʰewel- (“to dim, dull, cloud, make obscure, swirl, whirl”), see also Latvian dulls (“crazy, mad”), Lithuanian dvylas (“dark, reddish brown”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d̪̊aːl]

Noun

dàil f (genitive dàlach, plural dàlaichean)

1. delay
2. procrastination
3. credit

Derived terms

• cuir dàil air

References

• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “dàil”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page dàil