dêl

See also: Appendix:Variations of "del"

Northern Kurdish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-; cognates include dê (“mom”), dayik (“mother”), dayên (“wetnurse, milk-mother”), dotin (“to milk”), Central Kurdish ده‌ڵ (dell, “bitch”), Zazaki dele (“bitch”), Gurani دەڵە (dełe, “bitch”) and ئەدا (eḏa, “mother”), Persian دایه, Ancient Greek θῆλυς (thêlus) and θηλή (thēlḗ).

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /deːl/
  • Rhymes: -eːl

Noun

dêl f (Arabic spelling دێل)

  1. bitch (all senses)
Alternative forms
  • dêlv

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /deːl/
  • Rhymes: -eːl

Noun

dêl f (Arabic spelling دێل)

  1. stead, position

Synonyms: şûn, cîgeh

Derived terms
  • dêlva ("instead")
  • berdêl ("substitute")
  • delîve ("opportunity")

Etymology 2

Compare Arabic ذيل (ḏayl, “tail”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deːl/
  • Rhymes: -eːl

Noun

dêl f (Arabic spelling دێل)

  1. tail

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “dêl”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 147

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deːl/
  • Rhymes: -eːl

Verb

dêl

  1. (literary) inflection of dod:
    1. third-person singular present habitual/future
    2. third-person singular present subjunctive

Mutation

Mutated forms of dêl
radical soft nasal aspirate
dêl ddêl nêl unchanged

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

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