diall

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish díallaid (“turns (to or from), bends, reaches; stoops to, submits to; resembles, imitates; joins with, cleaves to”), díall, dell n or m (“swerving, turning aside; going astray, moral aberration; act of resembling; inclining to, taking part in, cleaving to; declension”), verbal noun of do·ella (“turns aside, deviates, bends; goes astray, errs, degenerates; turns to, takes to; turns on, assails; takes after, resembles; turns aside, deflects; declines (grammatically)”).

Verb

diall (present analytic diallann, future analytic diallfaidh, verbal noun diall, past participle diallta)

(intransitive, with le, ar) incline (towards)
(intransitive, with ó) decline, deviate (from)

Conjugation

conjugation of diall (first conjugation – A)

tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
verbal noun	diall
past participle	diallta
tense	first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative
present	diallaim	diallann tú; diallair^†	diallann sé, sí	diallaimid	diallann sibh	diallann siad; diallaid^†	a dhiallann; a dhiallas / a ndiallann*	dialltar
past	dhiall mé; dhiallas	dhiall tú; dhiallais	dhiall sé, sí	dhiallamar; dhiall muid	dhiall sibh; dhiallabhair	dhiall siad; dhialladar	a dhiall / ar dhiall*	dialladh
past habitual	dhiallainn / ndiallainn‡‡	dhialltá / ndialltá‡‡	dhialladh sé, sí / ndialladh sé, sí‡‡	dhiallaimis; dhialladh muid / ndiallaimis‡‡; ndialladh muid‡‡	dhialladh sibh / ndialladh sibh‡‡	dhiallaidís; dhialladh siad / ndiallaidís‡‡; ndialladh siad‡‡	a dhialladh / a ndialladh*	dhialltaí / ndialltaí‡‡
future	diallfaidh mé; diallfad	diallfaidh tú; diallfair^†	diallfaidh sé, sí	diallfaimid; diallfaidh muid	diallfaidh sibh	diallfaidh siad; diallfaid^†	a dhiallfaidh; a dhiallfas / a ndiallfaidh*	diallfar
conditional	dhiallfainn / ndiallfainn‡‡	dhiallfá / ndiallfá‡‡	dhiallfadh sé, sí / ndiallfadh sé, sí‡‡	dhiallfaimis; dhiallfadh muid / ndiallfaimis‡‡; ndiallfadh muid‡‡	dhiallfadh sibh / ndiallfadh sibh‡‡	dhiallfaidís; dhiallfadh siad / ndiallfaidís‡‡; ndiallfadh siad‡‡	a dhiallfadh / a ndiallfadh*	dhiallfaí / ndiallfaí‡‡
subjunctive
present	go ndialla mé; go ndiallad^†	go ndialla tú; go ndiallair^†	go ndialla sé, sí	go ndiallaimid; go ndialla muid	go ndialla sibh	go ndialla siad; go ndiallaid^†	—	go ndialltar
past	dá ndiallainn	dá ndialltá	dá ndialladh sé, sí	dá ndiallaimis; dá ndialladh muid	dá ndialladh sibh	dá ndiallaidís; dá ndialladh siad	—	dá ndialltaí
imperative
–	diallaim	diall	dialladh sé, sí	diallaimis	diallaigí; diallaidh^†	diallaidís	—	dialltar

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

Noun

diall m (genitive singular diallta)

verbal noun of diall
(with le) inclination (towards)
(with ó) declension, deviation (from)

Declension

Declension of diall (third declension, no plural)

bare forms
	singular
nominative	diall
vocative	a dhiall
genitive	diallta
dative	diall

forms with the definite article
	singular
nominative	an diall
genitive	an diallta
dative	leis an diall don diall

Mutation

Mutated forms of *diall*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
diall	dhiall	ndiall

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

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “diall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “díallaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “díall”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Middle English

Alternative forms

dioll, diolle, dyal, dyall, dyel, dyol, dyoll

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French dyal, from Latin diālis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdiːal/, /ˈdiːəl/

Noun

diall

A pointer on a dial (e.g. a clock hand or a compass point)
(rare) A timekeeping instrument, method, or device:
1. (rare) A sundial (timekeeping device using the sun)
2. (rare) A clock (mechanical timekeeping device)

Descendants

English: dial
Scots: dial

References

“dīal, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 February 2019.

Palauan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dialː/

Noun

diall

ship
money collected for a new widow

Derived terms

chad er a diall (“sailor”)

References

diall in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
diall in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
diall in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 78.