Dálaí

A form of Dáil — As a permanent institution.

OriginIrish dálaí →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Dáils · alternative Dáileanna

  1. pluralplural of Dáil

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

    2022, “Eileen Desmond (1932–2005)”, in Women in the Seanad, 1922 - 2022, Oireachtas, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2023

Origin

  1. Irishdálaí
  2. EnglishDálaí

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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APA

Dálaí. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/D%C3%A1la%C3%AD

MLA

“Dálaí.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/D%C3%A1la%C3%AD. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Dálaí,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/D%C3%A1la%C3%AD.

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