dáil
Irish (Donegal)
[d̪ˠɑːlʲ], [d̪ˠæːlʲ]
noun
Definitions
- meeting; tryst, encounter
- consultative gathering, assembly, convention
- matchmaking gathering; betrothal
- parliament, legislative assembly
- usually capitalized, in full, l the lower house of the Irish parliament
- distribution, apportionment
- decree, judgment
- nearness, proximity
- matter, condition; circumstance, affair, situation
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish dál inherited from Proto-Celtic *datlā (meeting, assembly).
Origin
Proto-Celtic
*datlā
Gloss
meeting, assembly