dail

See also: Dail, dáil, and dàil

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da‧il

Noun

dail

1. a full moon; the phase of the moon when it is in opposition to the sun
2. the moon when it is in opposition to the sun

Anagrams

• dali, ilad

Gothic

Romanization

dail

1. Romanization of 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Norse dalr (“meadow, dale”).

Noun

dail f (genitive singular daile, plural dailean)

1. field, plain, meadow, dale

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “dail”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

Southern Kam

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɐi⁵⁵/

Noun

dail

1. to die

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *döl (whence also Breton del), from Proto-Celtic *dolyā. Cognate with Middle Irish duille, from Old Irish duilne, from a variant form *dolnyā; both are from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁- (“blossom”), whence also Ancient Greek θάλλω (thállō, “to bloom”), Old English dile (“dill”), and Old Armenian դալար (dalar, “green, fresh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dai̯l/
• Rhymes: -ai̯l

Noun

dail f (collective, singulative deilen or dalen)

1. leaves
2. sheets (of paper)

Derived terms

• culddail (“narrow-leaved”)
• dail melfed (“velvetleaf”)
• dail yr hocys (“marsh mallow”)
• deilio (“to leaf”)
• deiliog (“leafy”)
• deilos (“small leaves”)
• llydanddail (“broad-leaved”)

 

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dail	ddail	nail	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dail”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 102