deil

Gagauz

Adverb

deil

1. (dated) alternative form of diil

Further reading

• Ciachir, Mihail (1938), “deil”, in Dicționar gagauzo (tiurco)–român pentru gagauzii din Basarabia (in Romanian), Chișinău, page 39

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲelʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /dʲɨlʲ/

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 singular plural nominative deil deileanna vocative a dheil a dheileanna genitive deile deileanna dative deil deileanna forms with the definite article 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)

indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present	deilim	deileann tú; deilir†	deileann sé, sí	deilimid; deileann muid	deileann sibh	deileann siad; deilid†	a dheileann; a dheileas	deiltear
past	dheil mé; dheileas	dheil tú; dheilis	dheil sé, sí	dheileamar; dheil muid	dheil sibh; dheileabhair	dheil siad; dheileadar	a dheil	deileadh
past habitual	dheilinn / deilinn‡	dheilteá / deilteá‡	dheileadh sé, sí / deileadh sé, sí‡	dheilimis; dheileadh muid / deilimis‡; deileadh muid‡	dheileadh sibh / deileadh sibh‡	dheilidís; dheileadh siad / deilidís‡; deileadh siad‡	a dheileadh	dheiltí / deiltí‡
	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	deilfidh mé; deilfead	deilfidh tú; deilfir†	deilfidh sé, sí	deilfimid; deilfidh muid	deilfidh sibh	deilfidh siad; deilfid†	a dheilfidh; a dheilfeas	deilfear
conditional	dheilfinn / deilfinn‡	dheilfeá / deilfeá‡	dheilfeadh sé, sí / deilfeadh sé, sí‡	dheilfimis; dheilfeadh muid / deilfimis‡; deilfeadh muid‡	dheilfeadh sibh / deilfeadh sibh‡	dheilfidís; dheilfeadh siad / deilfidís‡; deilfeadh siad‡	a dheilfeadh	dheilfí / deilfí‡
subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
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	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
—	deilim	deil	deileadh sé, sí	deilimis	deiligí; deilidh†	deilidís	—	deiltear
past participle	deilte
verbal noun	deileadh

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Mutation

Mutated forms of deil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
deil	dheil	ndeil

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “deil”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 234
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “deilim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 234
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “deil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “deil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “deil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

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

• deel, deevil

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."

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dei̯l/
• Rhymes: -ei̯l

Verb

deil

1. (literary) third-person singular present indicative/future of dal

Mutation

Mutated forms of deil

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
deil	ddeil	neil	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.