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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish deil (“a straight piece of wood in various applications”).
Pronunciation
Noun
deil f (genitive singular deile, nominative plural deileanna)
- lathe (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
Declension
Derived terms
Verb
deil (present analytic deileann, future analytic deilfidh, verbal noun deileadh, past participle deilte)
- to turn, shape with a lathe
Conjugation
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singular
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plural
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relative
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autonomous
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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indicative
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present
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deilim
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deileann tú; deilir†
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deileann sé, sí
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deilimid
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deileann sibh
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deileann siad; deilid†
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a dheileann; a dheileas / a ndeileann*
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deiltear
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past
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dheil mé; dheileas
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dheil tú; dheilis
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dheil sé, sí
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dheileamar; dheil muid
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dheil sibh; dheileabhair
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dheil siad; dheileadar
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a dheil / ar dheil*
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deileadh
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past habitual
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dheilinn / ndeilinn‡‡
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dheilteá / ndeilteᇇ
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dheileadh sé, sí / ndeileadh sé, s퇇
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dheilimis; dheileadh muid / ndeilimis‡‡; ndeileadh muid‡‡
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dheileadh sibh / ndeileadh sibh‡‡
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dheilidís; dheileadh siad / ndeilidís‡‡; ndeileadh siad‡‡
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a dheileadh / a ndeileadh*
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dheiltí / ndeilt퇇
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future
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deilfidh mé; deilfead
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deilfidh tú; deilfir†
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deilfidh sé, sí
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deilfimid; deilfidh muid
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deilfidh sibh
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deilfidh siad; deilfid†
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a dheilfidh; a dheilfeas / a ndeilfidh*
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deilfear
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conditional
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dheilfinn / ndeilfinn‡‡
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dheilfeá / ndeilfeᇇ
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dheilfeadh sé, sí / ndeilfeadh sé, s퇇
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dheilfimis; dheilfeadh muid / ndeilfimis‡‡; ndeilfeadh muid‡‡
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dheilfeadh sibh / ndeilfeadh sibh‡‡
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dheilfidís; dheilfeadh siad / ndeilfidís‡‡; ndeilfeadh siad‡‡
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a dheilfeadh / a ndeilfeadh*
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dheilfí / ndeilf퇇
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subjunctive
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present
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go ndeile mé; go ndeilead†
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go ndeile tú; go ndeilir†
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go ndeile sé, sí
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go ndeilimid; go ndeile muid
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go ndeile sibh
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go ndeile siad; go ndeilid†
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—
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go ndeiltear
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past
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dá ndeilinn
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dá ndeilteá
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dá ndeileadh sé, sí
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dá ndeilimis; dá ndeileadh muid
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dá ndeileadh sibh
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dá ndeilidís; dá ndeileadh siad
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—
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dá ndeiltí
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imperative
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deilim
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deil
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deileadh sé, sí
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deilimis
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deiligí; deilidh†
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deilidís
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—
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deiltear
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verbal noun
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deileadh
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past participle
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deilte
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* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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deil
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dheil
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ndeil
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 deil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “deil”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 234
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “deilim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 234
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “deil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “deil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Middle English
Noun
deil
- Alternative form of del
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
deil m (definite singular deilen, indefinite plural deilar, definite plural deilane)
- (pre-1938) alternative form of del
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English devel, from Old English dēofol.
Pronunciation
Noun
deil (plural deils)
- 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
Pronunciation
Verb
deil
- (literary) third-person singular present indicative/future of dal
Mutation