dell
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: dĕl, IPA(key): /dɛl/
Audio (UK) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɛl
Etymology 1
From Middle English delle, del, from Old English dell (“small dale”), from Proto-Germanic *daljō (“a hollow, abyss”), diminutive of Proto-Germanic *dalą (“valley, dale”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰol-, *dʰel- (“an arch, vaulting, curve, curvature, cavity”). Cognate with Dutch del (“a dell”), German Delle (“a hollow”).
Noun
dell (plural dells)
- A valley, especially in the form of a natural hollow, small and deep.[1]
- 1794, William Blake, The Little Girl Found, lines 49-50
- To this day they dwell
- In a lonely dell.
- 1722, Thomas Tickell, Kensington Gardens
- In dells and dales, conceal'd from human sight.
- 1794, William Blake, The Little Girl Found, lines 49-50
Synonyms
- dale
- dingle
- vale
- valley
- See also Thesaurus:valley
Translations
Etymology 2
Origin obscure. Originally thieves' cant. Compare Dutch del (“trollop, floozie”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
dell (plural dells)
- (obsolete) A young woman; a wench.
- 1621 August 13 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), Ben Jonson, “The Masque of the Gypsies”, in Q. Horatius Flaccus: His Art of Poetry. […], London: […] J[ohn] Okes, for John Benson […], published 1640, OCLC 1203251361:
- Sweet doxies and dells
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Derived terms
- arch dell
- wapping dell
References
- Brown, Lesley (1993) The New shorter Oxford English dictionary on historical principles, Oxford [Eng.]: Clarendon, →ISBN
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *daislā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-slo (compare Latin fīlum, Lithuanian gýsla, Serbo-Croatian žȉla).[1]
Noun
dell m (indefinite plural dej, definite singular delli, definite plural dejt)
- (anatomy) tendon
- sinew
Declension
indefinite forms (trajta të pashquara) | definite forms (trajta të shquara) | ||||
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singular (numri njëjës) | plural (numri shumës) | singular (numri njëjës) | plural (numri shumës) | ||
nominative (emërore) | (një) dell | (disa) dej | delli | dejt | |
accusative (kallëzore) | (një) dell | (disa) dej | dellin | dejt | |
genitive (gjinore) (i/e/të/së) | (një) delli | (disa) dejve | dellit | dejvet | |
dative (dhanore) | (një) delli | (disa) dejve | dellit | dejvet | |
ablative (rrjedhore) (prej) | (një) delli | (disa) dejsh | dellit | dejvet |
References
- Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 87
Maltese
Root |
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d-l-l |
2 terms |
Etymology
From Arabic ظِلّ (ẓill).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛll/
Noun
dell m (plural dellijiet or dliel)
- shade, shadow
Manx
Verb
dell (verbal noun dellal)
- to negotiate, deal, trade, traffic
Mutation
Manx mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
dell | ghell | nell |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Middle English
Noun
dell
- Alternative form of delle
Westrobothnian
Preposition
dell
- Alternative form of dill
Yola
Preposition
dell
- Alternative form of del
- 1867, OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR:
- dell, for till;
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References
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 17