daol

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da‧ol

Noun

daol

1. the dried spathe of a coconut inflorescence

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish dóel.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠeːl̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠiːlˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠiːlˠ/, (older) /d̪ˠɯːlˠ/

Noun

daol m (genitive singular daoil or daola, nominative plural daoil or daolanna)

1. (black-)beetle
2. insect, worm
3. (usually with buail) sharp sting; sudden start; fit, whim

Declension

Declension of daol (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative daol daoil vocative a dhaoil a dhaola genitive daoil daol dative daol daoil forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an daol na daoil genitive an daoil na ndaol dative leis an daol don daol leis na daoil

Alternative declension

Declension of daol (third declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative daol daolanna vocative a dhaol a dhaolanna genitive daola daolanna dative daol daolanna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an daol na daolanna genitive an daola na ndaolanna dative leis an daol don daol leis na daolanna

Derived terms

• daol adharcach m (“stag beetle”)
• daolbhrat m (“black covering, pall”)
• daoldath m (“jet”, literally “beetle-colour”)
• daoldubh (“jet-black”, adjective, literally “beetle-black”)
• daolteanga f (“sharp, vicious, tongue”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of daol

radical	lenition	eclipsis
daol	dhaol	ndaol

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “daol”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “doél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “daol”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “daol”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish dóel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ɯːl̪ˠ/

Noun

daol f (genitive singular daoil, plural daoil)

1. beetle

Derived terms

• daolag (“beetle; earthworm, worm”)

Mutation

Mutation of daol

radical	lenition
daol	dhaol

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “doél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language