/dʲiəlʲ/
OriginUncertain. Possibly from diabhail (genitive of diabhal (“devil”)), with which it is homophonous in some dialects. Could also be a reduced form of Dia (“God”) + -úil or a reduced and dissimilated form of diabhal + -úil.
- great, very good, first-rate, splendid
- devilish (extreme, excessive)
- adverbialsurprisingly, terribly, extremely
Formsdiaile(feminine, genitive, singular) · diaile(plural) · diaile(comparative) · diail(masculine, nominative, singular) · dhiail(feminine, nominative, singular) · diaile(error-unrecognized-form, nominative, plural) · dhiaile(error-unrecognized-form, nominative, plural) · dhiail(masculine, singular, vocative) · dhiail(feminine, singular, vocative) · diaile(error-unrecognized-form, plural, vocative) · dhiail(genitive, masculine, singular) · diaile(error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural) · diail(error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural) · diail(dative, masculine, singular) · dhiail(dative, masculine, singular) · dhiail(dative, feminine, singular) · diaile(dative, error-unrecognized-form, plural) · dhiaile(dative, error-unrecognized-form, plural) · níos diaile(comparative, error-unrecognized-form) · is diaile(error-unrecognized-form, superlative)
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