deil

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Irish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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deil f (genitive singular deile, nominative plural deileanna)

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

Declension

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Derived terms

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Verb

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

  1. to turn, shape with a lathe

Conjugation

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Mutation

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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.

References

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 39

Further reading

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Middle English

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Noun

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deil

  1. Alternative form of del

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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

  1. (pre-1938) alternative form of del

Scots

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English devel, from Old English dēofol.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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deil

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

Mutation

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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.