# idel
## Fala
### Alternative forms

* dicel (Valverdeñu)
* idil (Mañegu, Lagarteiru)

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese dizer (“to say”), from Latin dīcō (“I say; I tell”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show, point out”). Genetically close to Portuguese dizer and Galician dicir, but shares more areal features with Extremaduran izil.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iˈdel/
* Rhymes: -el
* Syllabification: i‧del

### Verb

idel
* (Mañegu, Lagarteiru) to say; to tell
** 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Chapter 3: Radós:A radón mais grandi pa defendela é que é nossa LENGUA MATERNA, a “primeira lengua que un indivíduu aprendi de maneira ínnconscienti duranti a sua infancia” i en ela han aprindiu a idel as primeiras palabras […]The greatest reason to defend it is that it is our NATIVE LANGUAGE, the “first language that an individual learns in an unconscious manner during his infancy” and in it learned how to say his first words […]

#### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

### References

* Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

idel
* Alternative form of ydel (“empty”)

#### Noun

idel
* Alternative form of ydel (“idleness”)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

idel
* (Early Middle English, Northern) Alternative form of ydole

## Old English
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *īdalaz. Cognate with Old Frisian īdel, Old Saxon īdal, Dutch ijdel, Old High German ītal.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈiː.del/

### Adjective

īdel
* empty, void; bereft
    īdelhende ― empty-handed
** 10th century, The Wanderer:Ȳþde swā þisne eardġeard · ælda Sċyppend oþþæt burgwara · breahtma lēase eald enta ġeweorc · īdlu stōdon.Thus, Creator of men was destroying this world until works of old giants, lacking of citizens' noises, stood empty.
* worthless, useless, vain
    īdelbliss ― vain joy
    īdelġielp ― vain glory, arrogance
    īdelsprǣċe ― idle-speaking, talkative

#### Descendants

* Middle English: ydel, idel, idil, idill, idul, idyl, idyll, ydell, ydil, ydill, ydul, ydull
** English: idle
** Scots: idle

### Noun

īdel n
* idleness, vanity, futility, frivolity

#### Derived terms

* on īdel

#### Descendants

* Middle English: idel, ydel

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Middle Low German idel (“empty, pure, vain”). Compare English idle (“empty, vacant”), German eidel (“empty, vain”).

### Adjective

idel (not comparable)
* (obsolete) empty, void

#### Synonyms

* intig
* tom

#### Derived terms

* idelhet

### Adverb

idel (not comparable)
* nothing but, constant, just
    Synonyms: bara, blott, enbart, endast, uteslutande
    Det var idel nederlagIt was nothing but defeats

#### Derived terms

* vara idel öra

#### See also

* idelig

### References

* idel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* idel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* idel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## West Frisian
### Adjective

idel
* vain, abortive (coming to naught, failing in its effect)

#### Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

#### Further reading

* “idel”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011