See also: Dáil, dail, Dail, and dàil

Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

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 edit
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Irish dáilid.

Verb edit

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

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

Mutation edit

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 edit

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

Further reading edit

Old Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

·dáil

  1. third-person singular preterite conjunct of dáilid

dáil

  1. second-person singular imperative of dáilid

Noun edit

dáil

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

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
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.