deil

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish deil (“a straight piece of wood in various applications”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲɛlʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /dʲɨ̞lʲ/ (as if spelled dil)

Noun

deil f (genitive singular deile, nominative plural deileanna)

1. lathe (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)

Declension

Declension of deil

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative deil deileanna Vocative a dheil a dheileanna Genitive deile deileanna Dative deil deileanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an deil na deileanna Genitive na deile na ndeileanna Dative leis an deil don deil leis na deileanna

Derived terms

• deil potaire (“potter's lathe”)

Verb

deil (present analytic deileann, future analytic deilfidh, verbal noun deileadh, past participle deilte)

1. to turn, shape with a lathe

Conjugation

conjugation of deil (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	deilim	deileann tú; deilir†	deileann sé, sí	deilimid	deileann sibh	deileann siad; deilid†	a dheileann; a dheileas / a ndeileann*	deiltear
	past	dheil mé; dheileas	dheil tú; dheilis	dheil sé, sí	dheileamar; dheil muid	dheil sibh; dheileabhair	dheil siad; dheileadar	a dheil / ar dheil*	deileadh
	past habitual	dheilinn / ndeilinn‡‡	dheilteá / ndeilteᇇ	dheileadh sé, sí / ndeileadh sé, s퇇	dheilimis; dheileadh muid / ndeilimis‡‡; ndeileadh muid‡‡	dheileadh sibh / ndeileadh sibh‡‡	dheilidís; dheileadh siad / ndeilidís‡‡; ndeileadh siad‡‡	a dheileadh / a ndeileadh*	dheiltí / ndeilt퇇
future		deilfidh mé; deilfead	deilfidh tú; deilfir†	deilfidh sé, sí	deilfimid; deilfidh muid	deilfidh sibh	deilfidh siad; deilfid†	a dheilfidh; a dheilfeas / a ndeilfidh*	deilfear
conditional		dheilfinn / ndeilfinn‡‡	dheilfeá / ndeilfeᇇ	dheilfeadh sé, sí / ndeilfeadh sé, s퇇	dheilfimis; dheilfeadh muid / ndeilfimis‡‡; ndeilfeadh muid‡‡	dheilfeadh sibh / ndeilfeadh sibh‡‡	dheilfidís; dheilfeadh siad / ndeilfidís‡‡; ndeilfeadh siad‡‡	a dheilfeadh / a ndeilfeadh*	dheilfí / ndeilf퇇
subjunctive	present	go ndeile mé; go ndeilead†	go ndeile tú; go ndeilir†	go ndeile sé, sí	go ndeilimid; go ndeile muid	go ndeile sibh	go ndeile siad; go ndeilid†	—	go ndeiltear
	past	dá ndeilinn	dá ndeilteá	dá ndeileadh sé, sí	dá ndeilimis; dá ndeileadh muid	dá ndeileadh sibh	dá ndeilidís; dá ndeileadh siad	—	dá ndeiltí
imperative		deilim	deil	deileadh sé, sí	deilimis	deiligí; deilidh†	deilidís	—	deiltear
verbal noun		deileadh
past participle		deilte

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
deil	dheil	ndeil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 deil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “deil”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 234
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “deilim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 234
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “deil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “deil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Middle English

Noun

deil

1. Alternative form of del

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

deil m (definite singular deilen, indefinite plural deilar, definite plural deilane)

1. (pre-1938) alternative form of del

Scots

Alternative forms

• deel, deevil

Etymology

From Middle English devel, from Old English dēofol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dil/, /divəl/

Noun

deil (plural deils)

1. devil
   • 1827, Sir Walter Scott, "The Highland Widow" ch. 2, in The Chronicles of the Canongate:

     Those in the Lowland line who lay near him, and desired to enjoy their lives and property in quiet, were contented to pay him a small composition, in name of protection money, and comforted themselves with the old proverb that it was better to "fleech the deil than fight him."

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dei̯l/
• Rhymes: -ei̯l

Verb

deil

1. (literary) third-person singular present indicative/future of dal

Mutation

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