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 θしーたῆλυς (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

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dêl	ddêl	nêl	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.