deel

See also: Deel, dééł, déél, and -DÉÉL

English

Mongolian deel

Etymology

Borrowed from Mongolian дээл (deel)/ᠳᠡᠪᠡᠯ (debel).

Noun

deel (plural deels)

1. A traditional Mongolian cloak, traditionally worn with a sash.
   • 2019, Lawrence Lessig, They Don't Represent Us: Reclaiming Our Democracy:

     As I stood just below that statue, close to seven hundred Mongolians organized themselves for a picture. Most were dressed in traditional formal wear--beautifully colored deal.

Translations

a traditional Mongolian cloak, traditionally worn with a sash

• Buryat: дэгэл (degel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 德勒 (délè, délēi)

• Japanese: デール (dēru)
• Korean: 델 (del)
• Mongolian: дээл (mn) (deel)

  Mongolian script: ᠳᠡᠪᠡᠯ (debel)

• Polish: deli (pl) n
• Russian: дэ́ли (ru) m or f or n (dɛ́li), дэ́гэл (ru) m (dɛ́gɛl), дэгэ́л (ru) m (dɛgɛ́l)

Anagrams

• LEDE, LEED, dele, lede, leed

Bouyei

Etymology

Cognate with Zhuang de.

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te˨˦/

Pronoun

deel (Bouyei character 他)

1. he; him; she; her; it

Derived terms

• bozdeel
• hocdeel
• jongsdeel

See also

Bouyei personal pronouns

Person		Singular	Plural
1st	exclusive	gul	dul, hocdul, bozdul, jongsdul
	inclusive		rauz, raz, hocrauz, hocraz, bozrauz, bozraz, jongsrauz, jongsraz
	humble	wois, weis	bozwois, bozweis, jongswois, jongsweis
2nd		mengz	sul, hocsul, bozsul, jongssul, riel, hocriel, bozriel, jongsriel
3rd		deel	hocdeel, bozdeel, jongsdeel

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deːl/, [deːɫ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: deel
• Rhymes: -eːl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch dêel, from Old Dutch dēl, deil, from Proto-Germanic *dailą.

Noun

deel n (plural delen, diminutive deeltje n)

1. part, piece

   Synonym: stuk

2. volume (of a book or album)

   Synonyms: band, boekdeel

Derived terms

• aandeel
• deelauto
• deeleconomie
• deelfiets
• deelgemeente
• deelmobliteit
• deelnemen
• deelregering
• deels
• deelstaat
• deeltijd
• delen
• erfdeel
• gedeelte
• grotendeels
• integendeel
• leeuwendeel
• merendeel
• nadeel
• vierdeel
• voordeel
• werelddeel
• woorddeel
• zinsdeel

Descendants

• Afrikaans: deel
• Negerhollands: deel
• → West Frisian: dealje

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

deel

1. inflection of delen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Anagrams

• dele, edel, lede, leed

Luxembourgish

Verb

deel

1. second-person singular imperative of deelen

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

deel

1. alternative form of del (“amount, part”)

Etymology 2

Verb

deel

1. alternative form of delen

Scots

Noun

deel (plural deels)

1. alternative form of deil

Yola

Noun

deel

1. alternative form of deevil
   • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 7:

     An vish aal vellas wi a deel.

     And wish all men with the divil,

References

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927), “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎^[1], volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 131