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Cebuano
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdaʔil/
- Hyphenation: da‧il
Noun
dail (Badlit spelling ᜇᜁᜎ᜔)
- (obsolete, astronomy) full moon; the phase of the moon when it is in opposition to the sun
- Synonyms: takdol, daktol, kabug-os
Anagrams
Gothic
Romanization
dail
- Romanization of 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Norse dalr (“meadow, dale”).
Noun
dail f (genitive singular daile, plural dailean)
- field, plain, meadow, dale
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “dail”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
Southern Kam
Pronunciation
Noun
dail
- to die
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *döl (whence also Breton del), from Proto-Celtic *dol-. Cognate with Middle Irish duille, from Old Irish duilne, from a singulative form *dolinyā; both are from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁- (“blossom”), whence also Ancient Greek θάλλω (thállō, “to bloom”), Old English dile (“dill”), and Old Armenian դալար (dalar, “green, fresh”).
Pronunciation
Noun
dail f (collective, singulative deilen or dalen)
- leaves
- sheets (of paper)
Derived terms
Mutation
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dail”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 102