dáil

See also: Dáil, dail, Dail, and dàil

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish dál, from Proto-Celtic *datlā. Compare Breton dael and Welsh dadl.

Noun

dáil f (genitive singular dála, nominative plural dálaí)

  1. tryst
  2. betrothal
  3. legislature
  4. (usually capitalized; in full, Dáil Éireann) the lower house of the Irish parliament
  5. (in the plural) conditions
  6. (in the plural) data
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish dáilid.

Verb

dáil (present analytic dáileann, future analytic dáilfidh, verbal noun dáileadh, past participle dáilte)

  1. to allocate, distribute, allot
  2. to pour out
Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dáil dháil ndáil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 121, page 65

Further reading

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [daːlʲ]

Verb

·dáil

  1. third-person singular preterite conjunct of dáilid

dáil

  1. second-person singular imperative of dáilid

Noun

dáil

  1. genitive singular of dál n
  2. inflection of dál f:
    1. accusative/dative singular
    2. nominative/vocative/accusative dual

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
dáil dáil
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/
ndáil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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