dail

See also: Dail, dáil, and dàil

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaʔil/ [ˈd̪a.ʔɪl̪]
• Hyphenation: da‧il

Noun

phases of the moon

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dail (Badlit spelling ᜇᜁᜎ᜔)

1. (obsolete, astronomy) full moon; the phase of the moon when it is in opposition to the sun

   Synonyms: takdol, daktol, kabug-os

Anagrams

• dali, ilad

Gothic

Romanization

dail

1. romanization of 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Disputed; either from Old Norse dalr (“meadow, dale”) or from Pictish (cf. Proto-Brythonic *dol).

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dai̯l/
• Rhymes: -ai̯l

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Brythonic *döl (whence also Breton del), from Proto-Celtic *dol-. Cognate with Middle Irish duille, from Old Irish duilne, from a singulative form *dolinyā; 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”).

Noun

dail (plural, singular deilen f or dalen f)

1. leaves
2. sheets (of paper)

Derived terms

• crymanddail (“sickle-leaved”)
• crynddail, deilgrwn (“round-leaved”)
• culddail, meinddail (“narrow-leaved”)
• cyrnddail (“hornwort (Ceratophyllum)”)
• dail arian (“silverweed”)
• dail carn yr ebol, dail troed yr ebol (“coltsfoot”)
• dail crach (“elecampane, scabwort; foxgloves”)
• dail eryrod (“biting stonecrop”)
• dail melfed (“velvetleaf”)
• dail poethion (“nettles”)
• dail tafod yr ych, dail tafod y fuwch (“viper's bugloss”)
• dail te (“tea leaves”)
• dail y parlys (“palsywort, cowslips”)
• dail yr afu (“liverleaf”)
• dail yr hocys (“marsh mallow”)
• deilbridd (“humus”)
• deilio (“to leaf”)
• deiliog (“leafy”)
• deilos (“small leaves”)
• eiddewddail (“ivy-leaved”)
• eiddilddail (“small-leaved”)
• gwrychddail (“bristle-leaved”)
• llydanddail (“broad-leaved”)
• manddail (“fine-leaved”)
• manddryllddail (“ having finely broken leaves”)
• milddail (“yarrow”)
• pedair dalen (“true lover's knot”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of dail

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dail	ddail	nail	unchanged

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

Etymology 2

Noun

dail

1. soft mutation of tail (“dung”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tail

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tail	dail	nhail	thail

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

Further reading

• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “leaf”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “dail”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 102
• 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