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Dáileanna

Dáileanna is the plural of Dáil.

Meaning of Dáil

Proper noun

Dáil (plural Dálaí or Dáils or (hypercorrect) Dáileanna)

  1. (singular, singular-only, with-definite-article) As a permanent institution.
    • Even though McEllistrim sat in the Dáil for over forty years, he apparently never mentioned this period in Leinster House.2001, T. Ryle Dwyer, Tans, Terror, and Troubles: Kerry's Real Fighting Story, 1913-1923, Cork, Ireland: Mercier, →ISBN, page 11
  2. As a body which exists from one general election until its dissolution prior to the next general election.
    • Cusack was a member of the member of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Dáils.2018 December 14, Rónán Duffy, “Who was your Irish MP in 1918? Here's a list of everyone elected in that historic election”, in The Journal, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2021

Forms of Dáileanna

alternative formDálaí
alternative formDáils

Origin of Dáileanna

Assuming that the plural of the Irish-language common noun dáil is formed by adding -anna rather than -aí.

Questions about Dáileanna

What is Dáileanna the plural of?
Dáileanna is the plural of Dáil.

Words near Dáileanna in the dictionary

  1. dzzhe
  2. Dzūkian
  3. Dzūkija
  4. Dáil
  5. Dáil Éireann
  6. Dáileanna
  7. Dáils
  8. Dálaí
  9. dâk
  10. dâk-bungalow
  11. dâk-bungalows

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Dáileanna (page history and authors); Dáil (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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