daol

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da‧ol

Noun

daol

1. the dried spathe of a coconut inflorescence

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish doél.

Noun

daol m (genitive singular daoil or daola, nominative plural daoil or daolanna)

1. (black-)beetle
2. insect, worm
3. (usually with buail) sharp sting; sudden start; fit, whim

Declension

Declension of daol

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative daol daoil Vocative a dhaoil a dhaola Genitive daoil daol Dative daol daoil

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an daol na daoil Genitive an daoil na ndaol Dative leis an daol don daol leis na daoil

Alternative declension

Declension of daol

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative daol daolanna Vocative a dhaol a dhaolanna Genitive daola daolanna Dative daol daolanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an daol na daolanna Genitive an daola na ndaolanna Dative leis an daol don daol leis na daolanna

Derived terms

• daol adharcach m (“stag beetle”)
• daolbhrat m (“black covering, pall”)
• daoldath m (“jet”, literally “beetle-colour”)
• daoldubh (“jet-black”, adjective, literally “beetle-black”)
• daolteanga f (“sharp, vicious, tongue”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
daol	dhaol	ndaol
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “daol”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “doél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “daol”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “daol”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish doél.

Noun

daol f (genitive singular daoil, plural daoil)

1. beetle

Derived terms

• daolag (“beetle; earthworm, worm”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
daol	dhaol
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “doél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language