dall

See also: Dall, Dall., and dall'

English

Etymology

Compare French dalle, dallage.

Noun

dall (plural dalls)

  1. A tile with an incised surface.
    • 1872, Van Nostrand's Eclectic Engineering Magazine, page 646:
      […] for such machine-made slate "dalls," or tiles, as perhaps we might call them, would soon be valued by the architect and builder for the roofs of many other classes of buildings as well as ecclesiastical ones.
    • 1872, The Engineer:
      […] tiling. Thus arose those admirable roofs known in France as "en dallage," of which one most instructive example to both engineer and architect may be seen in those of the clerestory roofs of Nôtre Dame at Paris. The "dalls" being hand wrought […]

See also

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton dall, from Old Breton dall, from Proto-Brythonic *dall, from Proto-Celtic *dallos.

Adjective

dall

  1. blind

Mutation

Mutation of dall
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed
dall zall unchanged tall tall

Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from dallar.

Pronunciation

Noun

dall m (plural dalls)

  1. math (what is gathered from mowing)
  2. foremath
  3. mowing (act of mowing)
  4. billhook

Synonyms

  • (mowing): dallada
  • (billhook): podall

Derived terms

Further reading

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish dall,[1] from Primitive Irish ᚇᚐᚂᚔ (dali) (compare Scottish Gaelic dall, Manx doal), 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)

  1. blind; blinded
  2. dull, uninformed; in the dark
  3. dazed, stupefied

Declension

Declension of dall
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative dall dhall dalla;
dhalla2
vocative dhaill dalla
genitive daille dalla dall
dative dall;
dhall1 		dhall;
dhaill (archaic) 		dalla;
dhalla2
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)

  1. blind person
  2. dull, uninformed, person
  3. dimness; gloom, obscurity

Declension

Declension of dall (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative dall daill
vocative a dhaill a dhalla
genitive daill dall
dative dall daill
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an dall na daill
genitive an daill na ndall
dative leis an dall
don dall 		leis na daill

Derived terms

  • 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)

  1. blind
  2. bedim; dazzle; daze, stupefy
  3. darken; block, obscure (an opening)

Conjugation

conjugation of dall (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun dalladh
past participle dallta
tense singular plural relative autonomous
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* 		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 / ndallainn‡‡ dhalltá / ndalltᇇ dhalladh sé, sí / ndalladh sé, s퇇 dhallaimis; dhalladh muid / ndallaimis‡‡; ndalladh muid‡‡ dhalladh sibh / ndalladh sibh‡‡ dhallaidís; dhalladh siad / ndallaidís‡‡; ndalladh siad‡‡ a dhalladh /
a ndalladh* 		dhalltaí / ndallta퇇
future dallfaidh mé;
dallfad 		dallfaidh tú;
dallfair† 		dallfaidh sé, sí dallfaimid;
dallfaidh muid 		dallfaidh sibh dallfaidh siad;
dallfaid† 		a dhallfaidh; a dhallfas /
a ndallfaidh* 		dallfar
conditional dhallfainn / ndallfainn‡‡ dhallfá / ndallfᇇ dhallfadh sé, sí / ndallfadh sé, s퇇 dhallfaimis; dhallfadh muid / ndallfaimis‡‡; ndallfadh muid‡‡ dhallfadh sibh / ndallfadh sibh‡‡ dhallfaidís; dhallfadh siad / ndallfaidís‡‡; ndallfadh siad‡‡ a dhallfadh /
a ndallfadh* 		dhallfaí / ndallfa퇇
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

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Mutated forms of dall
radical lenition eclipsis
dall dhall ndall

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dall”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 25, page 15
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 64
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 395, page 131

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “dall”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 304; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “dallaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 304; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish dall, from Primitive Irish ᚇᚐᚂᚔ (dali) (compare Irish dall, Manx doal), from Proto-Celtic *dallos (compare Welsh dall); possibly cognate with Gothic 𐌳𐍅𐌰𐌻𐍃 (dwals, “foolish, stupid”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪aul̪ˠ/
  • (Islay, Mid Argyll) IPA(key): [t̪al̪ˠː]

Adjective

dall (comparative doille)

  1. blind
  2. ignorant
  3. obscure
  4. dark
  5. misled
  6. puzzled

Derived terms

Verb

dall (past dhall, future dallaidh, verbal noun dalladh, past participle dallta)

  1. blind, make blind
  2. mislead
  3. deceive
  4. puzzle

Mutation

Mutation of dall
radical lenition
dall dhall

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “dall”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dall”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh dall, from Proto-Brythonic *dall, from Proto-Celtic *dallos. Cognate with Breton, Irish, and Scottish Gaelic dall.

Pronunciation

Adjective

dall (feminine singular dall, plural deillion, not comparable)

  1. blind

Derived terms

  • dallgeibio (“to blunder”)
  • lliwddall (“color blind”)
  • madfall (“blindworm, slow-worm”)
  • pwl-dall (“blindworm, slow-worm”)

Noun

dall m (plural deillion or deilliad, feminine dalles)

  1. blind person

Mutation

Mutated forms of dall
radical soft nasal aspirate
dall ddall nall unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dall”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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