idel

Fala

FWOTD – 11 October 2012

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Galician-Portuguese dizer (“to say”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin dīcere, present active infinitive of dīcō (“I say; I tell”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-e- (“to show, point out”). Genetically close to Portuguese dizer and Galician dicir, but shares more areal features with Extremaduran izil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈðel/
• IPA^(key): /iˈθel/

Verb

idel

1. to say; to tell
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Chapter 3: Radós:

     A radón mais grandi pa defendela é que é nossa LENGUA MATERNA, a “primeira lengua que un indivíduu aprendi de maneira ínnconscienti duranti a sua infancia” i en ela han aprindiu a idel as primeiras palabras […]

     The greatest reason to defend it is that it is our NATIVE LANGUAGE, the “first language that an individual learns in an unconscious manner during his infancy” and in it learned how to say his first words […]

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *īdalaz. Cognate with Old Frisian īdel, Old Saxon īdal, Dutch ijdel, Old High German ītal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiː.del/

Adjective

īdel

1. empty, void; bereft

   īdelhende ― empty-handed

2. worthless, useless, vain

   īdelbliss ― vain joy

   īdelġielp ― vain glory, arrogance

   īdelsprǣċe ― idle-speaking, talkative

Declension

Declension of īdel — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	īdel	īdelu, īdlu, īdelo, īdlo	īdel
Accusative	īdelne	īdele, īdle	īdel
Genitive	īdeles, īdles	īdelre	īdeles, īdles
Dative	īdelum, īdlum	īdelre	īdelum, īdlum
Instrumental	īdele, īdle	īdelre	īdele, īdle
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	īdele, īdle	īdela, īdla, īdele, īdle	īdelu, īdlu, īdelo, īdlo
Accusative	īdele, īdle	īdela, īdla, īdele, īdle	īdelu, īdlu, īdelo, īdlo
Genitive	īdelra	īdelra	īdelra
Dative	īdelum, īdlum	īdelum, īdlum	īdelum, īdlum
Instrumental	īdelum, īdlum	īdelum, īdlum	īdelum, īdlum

Declension of īdel — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	īdela, īdla	īdele, īdle	īdele, īdle
Accusative	īdelan, īdlan	īdelan, īdlan	īdele, īdle
Genitive	īdelan, īdlan	īdelan, īdlan	īdelan, īdlan
Dative	īdelan, īdlan	īdelan, īdlan	īdelan, īdlan
Instrumental	īdelan, īdlan	īdelan, īdlan	īdelan, īdlan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	īdelan, īdlan	īdelan, īdlan	īdelan, īdlan
Accusative	īdelan, īdlan	īdelan, īdlan	īdelan, īdlan
Genitive	īdelra, īdelena, īdlena	īdelra, īdelena, īdlena	īdelra, īdelena, īdlena
Dative	īdelum, īdlum	īdelum, īdlum	īdelum, īdlum
Instrumental	īdelum, īdlum	īdelum, īdlum	īdelum, īdlum

Derived terms

• on īdel

Descendants

• English: idle

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Swedish

Adjective

idel

1. empty, void

Synonyms

• intig
• tom

Adverb

idel

1. just, only

Synonyms

• bara

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West Frisian

Adjective

idel

1. vain, abortive (coming to naught, failing in its effect)

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “idel”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011