idel

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Fala

FWOTD – 11 October 2012

Alternative forms

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/
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: i‧del

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

Adjective

īdel

  1. empty, void; bereft
    īdelhende ― empty-handed
    • 10th century, The Wanderer:
      Ȳþde swā þisne eardġeard · ælda Sċyppend
      oþþæt burgwara · breahtma lēase
      eald enta ġeweorc · īdlu stōdon.
      Thus, Creator of men was destroying this world
      until works of old giants, lacking of
      citizens' noises, stood empty.
  2. worthless, useless, vain
    īdelbliss ― vain joy
    īdelġielp ― vain glory, arrogance
    īdelsprǣċe ― idle-speaking, talkative

Declension

Declension of īdel — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative īdel īdelu, īdlu, īdelo, īdlo īdel
Accusative īdelne īdele, īdle īdel
Genitive īdeles, īdles īdelre īdeles, īdles
Dative īdelum, īdlum īdelre īdelum, īdlum
Instrumental īdele, īdle īdelre īdele, īdle
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative īdele, īdle īdela, īdla, īdele, īdle īdelu, īdlu, īdelo, īdlo
Accusative īdele, īdle īdela, īdla, īdele, īdle īdelu, īdlu, īdelo, īdlo
Genitive īdelra īdelra īdelra
Dative īdelum, īdlum īdelum, īdlum īdelum, īdlum
Instrumental īdelum, īdlum īdelum, īdlum īdelum, īdlum
Declension of īdel — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative īdela, īdla īdele, īdle īdele, īdle
Accusative īdelan, īdlan īdelan, īdlan īdele, īdle
Genitive īdelan, īdlan īdelan, īdlan īdelan, īdlan
Dative īdelan, īdlan īdelan, īdlan īdelan, īdlan
Instrumental īdelan, īdlan īdelan, īdlan īdelan, īdlan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative īdelan, īdlan īdelan, īdlan īdelan, īdlan
Accusative īdelan, īdlan īdelan, īdlan īdelan, īdlan
Genitive īdelra, īdelena, īdlena īdelra, īdelena, īdlena īdelra, īdelena, īdlena
Dative īdelum, īdlum īdelum, īdlum īdelum, īdlum
Instrumental īdelum, īdlum īdelum, īdlum īdelum, īdlum

Descendants

Noun

īdel n

  1. idleness, vanity, futility, frivolity

Declension

Declension of īdel (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative īdel īdel
accusative īdel īdel
genitive īdeles īdela
dative īdele īdelum

Derived terms

Descendants

Swedish

Etymology

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

Adjective

idel (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) empty, void

Synonyms

Derived terms

Adverb

idel (not comparable)

  1. nothing but, constant, just
    Synonyms: bara, blott, enbart, endast, uteslutande
    Det var idel nederlag
    It was nothing but defeats

Derived terms

See also

References

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
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