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Dall
Dall
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɑl/
- Rhymes: -ɑl
Etymology 1
From Old High German (*)dal, northern variant of tal, from Proto-Germanic *dalą. Cognate with German Tal, English dale, Dutch dal, Icelandic dalur.
Noun
Dall m (plural Däll or Däller)
Etymology 2
Noun
Dall f (plural Dallen)
Old Irish
Proper noun
Dall m
- A male given name
Proper noun
Dall ?
- the name of a mound at Tara
Proper noun
Dall ?
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| Dall | Dall pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ |
nDall |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
dall
dall
Breton
Adjective
dall
Mutation
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish dall, from Proto-Celtic *dallos (compare Welsh dall); possibly cognate with Gothic 𐌳𐍅𐌰𐌻𐍃 (dwals, “foolish, stupid”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
dall (genitive singular masculine daill, genitive singular feminine daille, plural dalla, comparative daille)
Declension
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | dall | dhall | dalla; dhalla² |
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| Vocative | dhaill | dalla | ||
| Genitive | daille | dalla | dall | |
| Dative | dall; dhall¹ |
dhall; dhaill (archaic) |
dalla; dhalla² |
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| Comparative | níos daille | |||
| Superlative | is daille | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
dall m (genitive singular daill, nominative plural daill)
Declension
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- dall bán m (“albino”)
- idir dall is dorchadas (“at dusk”, literally “between the dim and the dark”)
Verb
dall (present analytic dallann, future analytic dallfaidh, verbal noun dalladh, past participle dallta)
- (transitive) blind
- (transitive) bedim; dazzle; daze, stupefy
- (transitive, of opening) darken; block, obscure
Conjugation
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | dallaim | dallann tú; dallair† |
dallann sé, sí | dallaimid | dallann sibh | dallann siad; dallaid† |
a dhallann; a dhallas / a ndallann*; a ndallas* |
dalltar |
| past | dhall mé; dhallas | dhall tú; dhallais | dhall sé, sí | dhallamar; dhall muid | dhall sibh; dhallabhair | dhall siad; dhalladar | a dhall / ar dhall* |
dalladh | |
| past habitual | dhallainn | dhalltá | dhalladh sé, sí | dhallaimis; dhalladh muid | dhalladh sibh | dhallaidís; dhalladh siad | a dhalladh / ar dhalladh* |
dhalltaí | |
| future | dallfaidh mé; dallfad |
dallfaidh tú; dallfair† |
dallfaidh sé, sí | dallfaimid; dallfaidh muid |
dallfaidh sibh | dallfaidh siad; dallfaid† |
a dhallfaidh; a dhallfas / a ndallfaidh*; a ndallfas* |
dallfar | |
| conditional | dhallfainn | dhallfá | dhallfadh sé, sí | dhallfaimis; dhallfadh muid | dhallfadh sibh | dhallfaidís; dhallfadh siad | a dhallfadh / ar dhallfadh* |
dhallfaí | |
| subjunctive | present | go ndalla mé; go ndallad† |
go ndalla tú; go ndallair† |
go ndalla sé, sí | go ndallaimid; go ndalla muid |
go ndalla sibh | go ndalla siad; go ndallaid† |
— | go ndalltar |
| past | dá ndallainn | dá ndalltá | dá ndalladh sé, sí | dá ndallaimis; dá ndalladh muid |
dá ndalladh sibh | dá ndallaidís; dá ndalladh siad |
— | dá ndalltaí | |
| imperative | dallaim | dall | dalladh sé, sí | dallaimis | dallaigí; dallaidh† |
dallaidís | — | dalltar | |
| verbal noun | dalladh | ||||||||
| past participle | dallta | ||||||||
* Indirect relative
† Dialect form
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| dall | dhall | ndall |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "dall" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “dall” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish dall, from Proto-Celtic *dallos (compare Welsh dall); possibly cognate with Gothic 𐌳𐍅𐌰𐌻𐍃 (dwals, “foolish, stupid”).
Adjective
dall (comparative doille)
Derived terms
- dall air faclan (“dyslexic”)
- spot dall (“blind spot”)
Related terms
- doille (“blindness”)
Verb
dall (past dhall, future dallaidh, verbal noun dalladh, past participle dallta)
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “dall” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.