dàil

See also: dail, Dail, and dáil

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish dál, from Proto-Celtic *dâli-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwel-, *dʰewel- (“to dim, dull, cloud, make obscure, swirl, whirl”), see also Latvian dulls (“crazy, mad”), Lithuanian dvylas (“dark, reddish brown”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [d̪̊aːl]

Noun

dàil f (genitive dàlach, plural dàlaichean)

  1. delay
  2. procrastination
  3. credit

Derived terms

References
  • MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “dàil”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page dàil
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