# deil
## Gagauz
### Adverb

deil
* (dated) Alternative form of diil

### Further reading

* Ciachir, Mihail (1938) “deil”, in Dicționar gagauzo (tiurco)–român pentru gagauzii din Basarabia (in Romanian), Chișinău, page 39

## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish deil (“a straight piece of wood in various applications”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dʲɛlʲ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /dʲɨ̞lʲ/ (as if spelled dil)

### Noun

deil f (genitive singular deile, nominative plural deileanna)
* lathe (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
deil
deileanna
vocative
a dheil
a dheileanna
genitive
deile
deileanna
dative
deil
deileanna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an deil
na deileanna
genitive
na deile
na ndeileanna
dative
leis an deil don deil
leis na deileanna :

#### Derived terms

* deil potaire (“potter's lathe”)

### Verb

deil (present analytic deileann, future analytic deilfidh, verbal noun deileadh, past participle deilte)
* to turn, shape with a lathe

#### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | deilim | deileann tú; deilir$^†$ | deileann sé, sí | deilimid | deileann sibh | deileann siad; deilid$^†$ | a dheileann; a dheileas / a ndeileann* | deiltear |
| indicative | past | dheil mé; dheileas | dheil tú; dheilis | dheil sé, sí | dheileamar; dheil muid | dheil sibh; dheileabhair | dheil siad; dheileadar | a dheil / ar dheil* | deileadh |
| indicative | past habitual | dheilinn / ndeilinn‡‡ | dheilteá / ndeilteá‡‡ | dheileadh sé, sí / ndeileadh sé, sí‡‡ | dheilimis; dheileadh muid / ndeilimis‡‡; ndeileadh muid‡‡ | dheileadh sibh / ndeileadh sibh‡‡ | dheilidís; dheileadh siad / ndeilidís‡‡; ndeileadh siad‡‡ | a dheileadh / a ndeileadh* | dheiltí / ndeiltí‡‡ |
| future | future | deilfidh mé; deilfead | deilfidh tú; deilfir$^†$ | deilfidh sé, sí | deilfimid; deilfidh muid | deilfidh sibh | deilfidh siad; deilfid$^†$ | a dheilfidh; a dheilfeas / a ndeilfidh* | deilfear |
| conditional | conditional | dheilfinn / ndeilfinn‡‡ | dheilfeá / ndeilfeá‡‡ | dheilfeadh sé, sí / ndeilfeadh sé, sí‡‡ | dheilfimis; dheilfeadh muid / ndeilfimis‡‡; ndeilfeadh muid‡‡ | dheilfeadh sibh / ndeilfeadh sibh‡‡ | dheilfidís; dheilfeadh siad / ndeilfidís‡‡; ndeilfeadh siad‡‡ | a dheilfeadh / a ndeilfeadh* | dheilfí / ndeilfí‡‡ |
| subjunctive | present | go ndeile mé; go ndeilead$^†$ | go ndeile tú; go ndeilir$^†$ | go ndeile sé, sí | go ndeilimid; go ndeile muid | go ndeile sibh | go ndeile siad; go ndeilid$^†$ | — | go ndeiltear |
| subjunctive | past | dá ndeilinn | dá ndeilteá | dá ndeileadh sé, sí | dá ndeilimis; dá ndeileadh muid | dá ndeileadh sibh | dá ndeilidís; dá ndeileadh siad | — | dá ndeiltí |
| imperative | imperative | deilim | deil | deileadh sé, sí | deilimis | deiligí; deilidh$^†$ | deilidís | — | deiltear |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | deileadh | deileadh | deileadh | deileadh | deileadh | deileadh | deileadh | deileadh |
| past participle | past participle | deilte | deilte | deilte | deilte | deilte | deilte | deilte | deilte |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 39

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 deil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “deil”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 234
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “deilim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 234
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “deil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “deil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Middle English
### Noun

deil
* Alternative form of del

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

deil m (definite singular deilen, indefinite plural deilar, definite plural deilane)
* (pre-1938) alternative form of del

## Scots
### Alternative forms

* deel, deevil

### Etymology

From Middle English devel, from Old English dēofol.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dil/, /divəl/

### Noun

deil (plural deils)
* devil
** 1827, Sir Walter Scott, "The Highland Widow" ch. 2, in The Chronicles of the Canongate:
    Those in the Lowland line who lay near him, and desired to enjoy their lives and property in quiet, were contented to pay him a small composition, in name of protection money, and comforted themselves with the old proverb that it was better to "fleech the deil than fight him."(please add an English translation of this quotation)

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dei̯l/
* Rhymes: -ei̯l

### Verb

deil
* (literary) third-person singular present indicative/future of dal

### Mutation

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