daol

• Hyphenation: da‧ol

daol

1. the dried spathe of a coconut inflorescence

From Old Irish dóel.

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

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

Alternative declension

• 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, 2013-2024

From Old Irish dóel.

• IPA^(key): /t̪ɯːl̪ˠ/

daol f (genitive singular daoil, plural daoil)

1. beetle

• daolag (“beetle; earthworm, worm”)

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