dail

See also: Dail, dáil, and dàil

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: da‧il

Noun

dail

  1. a full moon; the phase of the moon when it is in opposition to the sun
  2. the moon when it is in opposition to the sun

Anagrams

Gothic

Romanization

dail

  1. Romanization of 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Norse dalr (meadow, dale).

Noun

dail f (genitive singular daile, plural dailean)

  1. field, plain, meadow, dale

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “dail”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

Southern Kam

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɐi⁵⁵/

Noun

dail

  1. to die

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

Noun

dail f (collective, singulative deilen or dalen)

  1. leaves
  2. sheets (of paper)

Derived terms

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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