Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dálaí

/dˈælˌeɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dalai
IPA: /dˈælˌeɪ/

4

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

plural of Dáil

Example Sentences

"She served in seven Dálaí between 1965 and 1987 and held office as Minister for Health and Social Welfare in 1981."

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish dálaí, plural of the Irish common noun dáil from which the English proper noun is derived. (The plural is not used in Irish for the proper noun.)

Inflected Forms

Dáils (alternative) Dáileanna (alternative)

Rhymes With

châlet

Questions

How do you pronounce dálaí?: The recorded pronunciation is /dˈælˌeɪ/.
What does dálaí mean?: plural of Dáil
Where does dálaí come from?: Borrowed from Irish dálaí, plural of the Irish common noun dáil from which the English proper noun is derived. (The plural is not used in Irish for the proper noun.)

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