idel

Fala

Alternative forms

• dicel (Valverdeñu)
• idil (Mañegu, Lagarteiru)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese dizer (“to say”), from Latin dīcō (“I say; I tell”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show, point out”). Genetically close to Portuguese dizer and Galician dicir, but shares more areal features with Extremaduran izil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈdel/

Verb

idel

1. (Mañegu, Lagarteiru) to say; to tell
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Chapter 3: Radós:

     A radón mais grandi pa defendela é que é nossa LENGUA MATERNA, a “primeira lengua que un indivíduu aprendi de maneira ínnconscienti duranti a sua infancia” i en ela han aprindiu a idel as primeiras palabras […]

     The greatest reason to defend it is that it is our NATIVE LANGUAGE, the “first language that an individual learns in an unconscious manner during his infancy” and in it learned how to say his first words

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

idel

1. Alternative form of ydel (“empty”)

Noun

idel

1. Alternative form of ydel (“idleness”)

Etymology 2

Noun

idel

1. (Early Middle English, Northern) Alternative form of ydole

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *īdalaz. Cognate with Old Frisian īdel, Old Saxon īdal, Dutch ijdel, Old High German ītal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiː.del/

Adjective

īdel

1. empty, void; bereft

   īdelhende ― empty-handed

2. worthless, useless, vain

   īdelbliss ― vain joy

   īdelġielp ― vain glory, arrogance

   īdelsprǣċe ― idle-speaking, talkative

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: ydel, idel, idil, idill, idul, idyl, idyll, ydell, ydil, ydill, ydul, ydull
  • English: idle
  • Scots: idle

Noun

īdel n

1. idleness, vanity, futility, frivolity

Declension

Derived terms

• on īdel

Descendants

• Middle English: idel, ydel

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German idel (“empty, pure, vain”). Compare English idle (“empty, vacant”), German eidel (“empty, vain”).

Adjective

idel

1. (obsolete) empty, void

Synonyms

• intig
• tom

Adverb

idel

1. nothing but, constant, just

   Synonyms: bara, blott, enbart, endast, uteslutande

   Det var idel nederlag

   It was nothing but defeats

Derived terms

• vara idel öra

See also

• idelig

References

• idel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• idel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• idel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

West Frisian

Adjective

idel

1. vain, abortive (coming to naught, failing in its effect)

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “idel”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011