deil
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish deil (“a straight piece of wood in various applications”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
deil f (genitive singular deile, nominative plural deileanna)
- lathe (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
Declension[edit]
Declension of deil
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms[edit]
- deil potaire (“potter's lathe”)
Verb[edit]
deil (present analytic deileann, future analytic deilfidh, verbal noun deileadh, past participle deilte)
Conjugation[edit]
* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
deil | dheil | ndeil |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- “2 deil”, in Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors, eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language, 2019
- “deil” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 234.
- “deilim” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 234.
- "deil" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “deil” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “deil” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
deil
- Alternative form of del
Scots[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English devel, from Old English dēofol.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
deil (plural deils)
- devil
- 1827, Sir Walter Scott, "The Highland Widow" ch. 2, in The Chronicles of the Canongate:
- Those in the Lowland line who lay near him, and desired to enjoy their lives and property in quiet, were contented to pay him a small composition, in name of protection money, and comforted themselves with the old proverb that it was better to "fleech the deil than fight him."
- 1827, Sir Walter Scott, "The Highland Widow" ch. 2, in The Chronicles of the Canongate:
Welsh[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
deil
Mutation[edit]
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
deil | ddeil | neil | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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