deil

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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)

  1. 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)

  1. to turn, shape with a lathe

Conjugation

Mutation

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

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

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

deil

  1. Alternative form of del

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

  1. (pre-1938) alternative form of del

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English devel, from Old English dēofol.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Pronunciation

Verb

deil

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

Mutation

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.