"dail" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

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Noun

Forms: daile [genitive, singular], dailean [plural]
Etymology: Disputed; either from Old Norse dalr (“meadow, dale”) or from Pictish (cf. Proto-Brythonic *dol). Etymology templates: {{der|gd|non|dalr||meadow, dale}} Old Norse dalr (“meadow, dale”), {{der|gd|xpi|-}} Pictish, {{der|gd|cel-bry-pro|*dol}} Proto-Brythonic *dol Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|daile|||||||||plural|dailean||||||{{{pl4}}}|||cat2=|f10accel-form=p|f11accel-form=genpl|f1accel-form=dat|s|f2accel-form=dat|s|f3accel-form=dat|s|f4accel-form=gen|s|f5accel-form=gen|s|f6accel-form=gen|s|f7accel-form=gen|s|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} dail f (genitive singular daile, plural dailean), {{gd-noun|g=f|gen=daile|pl=dailean}} dail f (genitive singular daile, plural dailean)
  1. field, plain, meadow, dale Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-dail-gd-noun-cBPGZrd4 Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 19 24 19 23 2 2 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 22 18 22 2 1 17
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