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dæl

dæl

Old English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dæːl/

Noun

dǣl m

part, share, portion
unit, word

Declension

Declension of dæl (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	dǣl	dǣle, dǣlas
accusative	dǣl	dǣle, dǣlas
genitive	dǣles	dǣla
dative	dǣle	dǣlum

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *dalą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰal-. Cognate with Old Frisian del, Old Saxon dal, Dutch dal, Old High German tal (German Tal), Old Norse dalr (Danish and Swedish dal), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌻𐍃 ‎(dals). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek θάλαμος ‎(thálamos), Albanian dal ‎(“to exit, unfold, sprout”), Proto-Slavic *dolъ (Old Church Slavonic долъ ‎(dolŭ), Russian дол ‎(dol)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dæl/

Noun

dæl n

valley

Declension

Declension of dæl (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	dæl	dalu
accusative	dæl	dalu
genitive	dæles	dala
dative	dæle	dalum

Descendants

Middle English: dale
- English: dale

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dailiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰail-. Cognate with Old Frisian dēl, Old Saxon dēl (Dutch deel), Old High German teil (German Teil), Old Norse deild (Danish and Norwegian del, Danish spelling before the writing reform of 1948: Deel), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 ‎(dails). The Indo-European root is also the source of Proto-Baltic *daili- (Lithuanian dailiti ‎(“divide”)), Albanian thelë ‎(“portion, piece”), Proto-Slavic *dělъ (Old Church Slavonic дѣлити ‎(děliti), Russian делить ‎(delitʹ)).