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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish dál, from Proto-Celtic *datlā. Compare Breton dael and Welsh dadl.
Noun
dáil f (genitive singular dála, nominative plural dálaí)
- tryst
- betrothal
- legislature
- (usually capitalized; in full, Dáil Éireann) the lower house of the Irish parliament
- (in the plural) conditions
- (in the plural) data
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Irish dáilid.
Verb
dáil (present analytic dáileann, future analytic dáilfidh, verbal noun dáileadh, past participle dáilte)
- to allocate, distribute, allot
- to pour out
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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dáilim
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dáileann tú;
dáilir†
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dáileann sé, sí
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dáilimid
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dáileann sibh
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dáileann siad;
dáilid†
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a dháileann; a dháileas /
a ndáileann*
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dáiltear
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| past
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dháil mé; dháileas
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dháil tú; dháilis
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dháil sé, sí
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dháileamar; dháil muid
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dháil sibh; dháileabhair
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dháil siad; dháileadar
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a dháil /
ar dháil*
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dáileadh
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| past habitual
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dháilinn / ndáilinn‡‡
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dháilteá / ndáilteᇇ
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dháileadh sé, sí / ndáileadh sé, s퇇
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dháilimis; dháileadh muid / ndáilimis‡‡; ndáileadh muid‡‡
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dháileadh sibh / ndáileadh sibh‡‡
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dháilidís; dháileadh siad / ndáilidís‡‡; ndáileadh siad‡‡
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a dháileadh /
a ndáileadh*
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dháiltí / ndáilt퇇
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| future
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dáilfidh mé;
dáilfead
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dáilfidh tú;
dáilfir†
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dáilfidh sé, sí
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dáilfimid;
dáilfidh muid
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dáilfidh sibh
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dáilfidh siad;
dáilfid†
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a dháilfidh; a dháilfeas /
a ndáilfidh*
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dáilfear
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| conditional
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dháilfinn / ndáilfinn‡‡
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dháilfeá / ndáilfeᇇ
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dháilfeadh sé, sí / ndáilfeadh sé, s퇇
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dháilfimis; dháilfeadh muid / ndáilfimis‡‡; ndáilfeadh muid‡‡
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dháilfeadh sibh / ndáilfeadh sibh‡‡
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dháilfidís; dháilfeadh siad / ndáilfidís‡‡; ndáilfeadh siad‡‡
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a dháilfeadh /
a ndáilfeadh*
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dháilfí / ndáilf퇇
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| subjunctive
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present
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go ndáile mé;
go ndáilead†
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go ndáile tú;
go ndáilir†
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go ndáile sé, sí
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go ndáilimid;
go ndáile muid
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go ndáile sibh
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go ndáile siad;
go ndáilid†
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—
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go ndáiltear
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| past
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dá ndáilinn
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dá ndáilteá
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dá ndáileadh sé, sí
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dá ndáilimis;
dá ndáileadh muid
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dá ndáileadh sibh
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dá ndáilidís;
dá ndáileadh siad
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—
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dá ndáiltí
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| imperative
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dáilim
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dáil
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dáileadh sé, sí
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dáilimis
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dáiligí;
dáilidh†
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dáilidís
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dáiltear
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| verbal noun
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dáileadh
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| past participle
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dáilte
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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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| dáil
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dháil
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ndáil
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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
Old Irish
Pronunciation
Verb
·dáil
- third-person singular preterite conjunct of dáilid
dáil
- second-person singular imperative of dáilid
Noun
dáil
- genitive singular of dál n
- inflection of dál f:
- accusative/dative singular
- nominative/vocative/accusative dual
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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| dáil
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dáil
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/
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ndáil
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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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