deel

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

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.

• LEDE, LEED, dele, lede, leed

Cognate with Zhuang de.

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• IPA^(key): /te˨˦/

deel

1. he; him; she; her; it

• IPA^(key): /deːl/, [deːɫ]

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• Hyphenation: deel
• Rhymes: -eːl

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

deel n (plural delen, diminutive deeltje n)

1. part, piece

   Synonym: stuk

2. volume (of a book or album)

   Synonyms: band, boekdeel

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

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

deel

1. inflection of delen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

• dele, edel, lede, leed

deel

1. second-person singular imperative of deelen

From Old English dǣl.

deel

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

From Old English dǣlan.

deel

1. Alternative form of delen

deel (plural deels)

1. Alternative form of deil

• IPA^(key): /diːɫ/
• Homophone: daal

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,

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 131