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idel

Fala

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FWOTD – 11 October 2012

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese dizer (“to say”), from Latin dīcō (“I say; I tell”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show, point out”). Genetically close to Portuguese dizer and Galician dicir, but shares more areal features with Extremaduran izil.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /iˈdel/
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: i‧del

Verb

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idel

  1. (Mañegu, Lagarteiru) to say; to tell
    • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Chapter 3: Radós:
      A radón mais grandi pa defendela é que é nossa LENGUA MATERNA, a “primeira lengua que un indivíduu aprendi de maneira ínnconscienti duranti a sua infancia” i en ela han aprindiu a idel as primeiras palabras […]
      The greatest reason to defend it is that it is our NATIVE LANGUAGE, the “first language that an individual learns in an unconscious manner during his infancy” and in it learned how to say his first words […]

Conjugation

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References

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  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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idel

  1. Alternative form of ydel (“empty”)

Noun

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idel

  1. Alternative form of ydel (“idleness”)

Etymology 2

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Noun

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idel

  1. (Early Middle English, Northern) Alternative form of ydole

Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *īdalaz. Cognate with Old Frisian īdel, Old Saxon īdal, Dutch ijdel, Old High German ītal.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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īdel

  1. empty, void; bereft
    īdelhende ― empty-handed
  2. worthless, useless, vain
    īdelbliss ― vain joy
    īdelġielp ― vain glory, arrogance
    īdelsprǣċe ― idle-speaking, talkative

Declension

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Declension of īdel — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative īdel īdelu, īdlu, īdelo, īdlo īdel
Accusative īdelne īdele, īdle īdel
Genitive īdeles, īdles īdelre īdeles, īdles
Dative īdelum, īdlum īdelre īdelum, īdlum
Instrumental īdele, īdle īdelre īdele, īdle
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative īdele, īdle īdela, īdla, īdele, īdle īdelu, īdlu, īdelo, īdlo
Accusative īdele, īdle īdela, īdla, īdele, īdle īdelu, īdlu, īdelo, īdlo
Genitive īdelra īdelra īdelra
Dative īdelum, īdlum īdelum, īdlum īdelum, īdlum
Instrumental īdelum, īdlum īdelum, īdlum īdelum, īdlum
Declension of īdel — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative īdela, īdla īdele, īdle īdele, īdle
Accusative īdelan, īdlan īdelan, īdlan īdele, īdle
Genitive īdelan, īdlan īdelan, īdlan īdelan, īdlan
Dative īdelan, īdlan īdelan, īdlan īdelan, īdlan
Instrumental īdelan, īdlan īdelan, īdlan īdelan, īdlan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative īdelan, īdlan īdelan, īdlan īdelan, īdlan
Accusative īdelan, īdlan īdelan, īdlan īdelan, īdlan
Genitive īdelra, īdelena, īdlena īdelra, īdelena, īdlena īdelra, īdelena, īdlena
Dative īdelum, īdlum īdelum, īdlum īdelum, īdlum
Instrumental īdelum, īdlum īdelum, īdlum īdelum, īdlum

Descendants

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Noun

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īdel n

  1. idleness, vanity, futility, frivolity

Declension

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Declension of idel (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative īdel īdel
accusative īdel īdel
genitive īdeles īdela
dative īdele īdelum

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German idel (“empty, pure, vain”). Compare English idle (“empty, vacant”), German eidel (“empty, vain”).

Adjective

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idel

  1. (obsolete) empty, void

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Adverb

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idel

  1. nothing but, constant, just
    Synonyms: bara, blott, enbart, endast, uteslutande
    Det var idel nederlag
    It was nothing but defeats

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West Frisian

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Adjective

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idel

  1. vain, abortive (coming to naught, failing in its effect)

Inflection

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Further reading

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  • “idel”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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