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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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

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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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Mutated forms of deil
radical lenition eclipsis
deil dheil ndeil

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. ^ 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."
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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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Mutated forms of deil
radical soft nasal aspirate
deil ddeil neil unchanged

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