idel

Fala

FWOTD – 11 October 2012

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^(key): /iˈdel/
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: i‧del

Verb

idel

1. (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, page 159

Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

idel

1. alternative form of ydel (“empty”)

Noun

idel

1. alternative form of ydel (“idleness”)

Etymology 2

Noun

idel

1. (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^(key): /ˈiː.del/

Adjective

īdel (superlative īdelst)

1. 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.

2. worthless, useless, vain

   īdelbliss ― vain joy

   īdelġielp ― vain glory, arrogance

   īdelsprǣċe ― idle-speaking, talkative

Declension

Declension of īdel — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	īdel	īdelu, īdlu, īdelo, īdlo	īdel
Accusative	īdelne	īdele, īdle	īdel
Genitive	īdeles, īdles	īdelre	īdeles, īdles
Dative	īdelum, īdlum	īdelre	īdelum, īdlum
Instrumental	īdele, īdle	īdelre	īdele, īdle
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	īdele, īdle	īdela, īdla, īdele, īdle	īdelu, īdlu, īdelo, īdlo
Accusative	īdele, īdle	īdela, īdla, īdele, īdle	īdelu, īdlu, īdelo, īdlo
Genitive	īdelra	īdelra	īdelra
Dative	īdelum, īdlum	īdelum, īdlum	īdelum, īdlum
Instrumental	īdelum, īdlum	īdelum, īdlum	īdelum, īdlum

Declension of īdel — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	īdela, īdla	īdele, īdle	īdele, īdle
Accusative	īdelan, īdlan	īdelan, īdlan	īdele, īdle
Genitive	īdelan, īdlan	īdelan, īdlan	īdelan, īdlan
Dative	īdelan, īdlan	īdelan, īdlan	īdelan, īdlan
Instrumental	īdelan, īdlan	īdelan, īdlan	īdelan, īdlan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	īdelan, īdlan	īdelan, īdlan	īdelan, īdlan
Accusative	īdelan, īdlan	īdelan, īdlan	īdelan, īdlan
Genitive	īdelra, īdelena, īdlena	īdelra, īdelena, īdlena	īdelra, īdelena, īdlena
Dative	īdelum, īdlum	īdelum, īdlum	īdelum, īdlum
Instrumental	īdelum, īdlum	īdelum, īdlum	īdelum, īdlum

Descendants

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

Noun

īdel n

1. idleness, vanity, futility, frivolity

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	īdel	īdel
accusative	īdel	īdel
genitive	īdeles	īdela
dative	īdele	īdelum

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)

1. (obsolete) empty, void

Synonyms

• intig
• tom

Derived terms

• idelhet

Adverb

idel (not comparable)

1. nothing but, constant, just

   Synonyms: bara, blott, enbart, endast, uteslutande

   Det var idel nederlag

   It 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

1. 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