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dáil

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See also: Dáil, dail, Dail, and dàil

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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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
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Declension of dáil (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative dáil dálaí
vocative a dháil a dhálaí
genitive dála dálaí
dative dáil dálaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an dáil na dálaí
genitive na dála na ndálaí
dative leis an dáil
don dáil
leis na dálaí
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Old Irish dáilid.

Verb

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

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

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Mutated forms of dáil
radical lenition eclipsis
dáil dháil ndáil

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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

Further reading

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Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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·dáil

  1. third-person singular preterite conjunct of dáilid

dáil

  1. second-person singular imperative of dáilid

Noun

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dáil

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

Mutation

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Mutation of dáil
radical lenition nasalization
dáil dáil
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/
ndáil

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.