dáil

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See also: Dáil, dail, Dail, and dàil

Irish

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Old Irish dál, from Proto-Celtic *datlā.

Noun

dáil f (genitive singular dála, nominative plural dálaí)

  1. meeting; tryst, encounter
  2. consultative gathering, assembly, convention
  3. matchmaking gathering; betrothal
  4. parliament, legislative assembly
  5. (usually capitalized; in full, Dáil Éireann) the lower house of the Irish parliament
  6. distribution, apportionment
  7. decree, judgment
  8. nearness, proximity
  9. matter, condition; circumstance, affair, situation
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish dáilid.

Verb

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

  1. to allocate, distribute, allot
  2. to pour out
Conjugation

Mutation

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.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Verb

·dáil

  1. third-person singular preterite conjunct of dáilid

dáil

  1. second-person singular imperative of dáilid

Mutation

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.