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dáil

dáil

See also: dail, Dail, and dàil

Irish

Noun

dáil f (genitive singular dála, nominative plural dálaí)

  1. meeting; tryst, encounter
  2. consultative gathering, assembly, convention
  3. matchmaking gathering; betrothal
  4. parliament, legislative assembly
  5. (usually capitalized; in full, Dáil Éireann) the lower house of the Irish parliament
  6. distribution, apportionment
  7. decree, judgment
  8. nearness, proximity
  9. matter, condition; circumstance, affair, situation

Declension

Derived terms

  • bandáil (company, assembly of women)
  • comhdháil (meeting, tryst; convention, congress)
  • dáileán (handout, leaflet)
  • Dáil Éireann (Parliament of Ireland)
  • mórdháil (great assembly, general convention; great pomp, great display)
  • Teachta Dála (Member of the Dáil)

Verb

dáil (present analytic dáileann, future analytic dáilfidh, verbal noun dáileadh, past participle dáilte)

  1. to allocate, distribute, allot
  2. to pour out

Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dáil dháil ndáil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.