deil

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish deil (“a straight piece of wood in various applications”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dʲɛlʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /dʲɨ̞lʲ/[1] (as if spelled dil)

Noun

deil f (genitive singular deile, nominative plural deileanna)

  1. lathe (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)

Declension
Declension of deil

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative deil deileanna
Vocative a dheil a dheileanna
Genitive deile deileanna
Dative deil deileanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an deil na deileanna
Genitive na deile na ndeileanna
Dative leis an deil

don deil

 leis na deileanna

Derived terms
  • deil potaire (“potter's lathe”)

Verb

deil (present analytic deileann, future analytic deilfidh, verbal noun deileadh, past participle deilte)

  1. to turn, shape with a lathe

Conjugation
conjugation of deil (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present deilim deileann tú;
deilir†		 deileann sé, sí deilimid deileann sibh deileann siad;
deilid†		 a dheileann; a dheileas /
a ndeileann*; a ndeileas*		 deiltear
past dheil mé; dheileas dheil tú; dheilis dheil sé, sí dheileamar; dheil muid dheil sibh; dheileabhair dheil siad; dheileadar a dheil /
ar dheil*		 deileadh
past habitual dheilinn / ndeilinn‡‡ dheilteá / ndeilteᇇ dheileadh sé, sí / ndeileadh sé, s퇇 dheilimis; dheileadh muid / ndeilimis‡‡; ndeileadh muid‡‡ dheileadh sibh / ndeileadh sibh‡‡ dheilidís; dheileadh siad / ndeilidís‡‡; ndeileadh siad‡‡ a dheileadh /
a ndeileadh*		 dheiltí / ndeilt퇇
future deilfidh mé;
deilfead		 deilfidh tú;
deilfir†		 deilfidh sé, sí deilfimid;
deilfidh muid		 deilfidh sibh deilfidh siad;
deilfid†		 a dheilfidh; a dheilfeas /
a ndeilfidh*; a ndeilfeas*		 deilfear
conditional dheilfinn / ndeilfinn‡‡ dheilfeá / ndeilfeᇇ dheilfeadh sé, sí / ndeilfeadh sé, s퇇 dheilfimis; dheilfeadh muid / ndeilfimis‡‡; ndeilfeadh muid‡‡ dheilfeadh sibh / ndeilfeadh sibh‡‡ dheilfidís; dheilfeadh siad / ndeilfidís‡‡; ndeilfeadh siad‡‡ a dheilfeadh /
a ndeilfeadh*		 dheilfí / ndeilf퇇
subjunctive present go ndeile mé;
go ndeilead†		 go ndeile tú;
go ndeilir†		 go ndeile sé, sí go ndeilimid;
go ndeile muid		 go ndeile sibh go ndeile siad;
go ndeilid†		 — go ndeiltear
past dá ndeilinn dá ndeilteá dá ndeileadh sé, sí dá ndeilimis;
dá ndeileadh muid		 dá ndeileadh sibh dá ndeilidís;
dá ndeileadh siad		 — dá ndeiltí
imperative deilim deil deileadh sé, sí deilimis deiligí;
deilidh†		 deilidís — deiltear
verbal noun deileadh
past participle deilte

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

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
  • IPA(key): /dil/, /divəl/

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
  • IPA(key): /dei̯l/
  • Rhymes: -ei̯l

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.
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