dail
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: da‧il
Noun
dail
- a full moon; the phase of the moon when it is in opposition to the sun
- the moon when it is in opposition to the sun
Gothic
Scottish Gaelic
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *döl (whence also Breton del), from Proto-Celtic *dolyā. Cognate with Middle Irish duille, from Old Irish duilne, from a variant form *dolnyā; both are from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁- (“blossom”), whence also Ancient Greek θάλλω (thállō, “to bloom”), Old English dile (“dill”), and Old Armenian դալար (dalar, “green, fresh”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dai̯l/
- Rhymes: -ai̯l
Derived terms
- culddail (“narrow-leaved”)
- dail melfed (“velvetleaf”)
- dail yr hocys (“marsh mallow”)
- deilio (“to leaf”)
- deiliog (“leafy”)
- deilos (“small leaves”)
- llydanddail (“broad-leaved”)
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
dail | ddail | nail | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dail”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 102
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