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dall

See also: Dall, Dall., and dall'

English

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Etymology

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Compare French dalle, dallage.

Noun

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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 […]

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Breton

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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dall

  1. blind

Mutation

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

Catalan

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Etymology

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Deverbal from dallar.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dall m (plural dalls)

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

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish dall,[1] from Proto-Celtic *dallos (compare Welsh dall); possibly cognate with Gothic 𐌳𐍅𐌰𐌻𐍃 (dwals, “foolish, stupid”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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

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Declension of dall
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive 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

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dall m (genitive singular daill, nominative plural daill)

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

Declension

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Declension of dall

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dall daill
Vocative a dhaill a dhalla
Genitive daill dall
Dative dall daill

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an dall na daill
Genitive an daill na ndall
Dative leis an dall

don dall

leis na daill

Derived terms

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Verb

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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

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conjugation of dall (first conjugation – A)
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
verbal noun dalladh
past participle dallta

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

Mutation

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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

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  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. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 64
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 395, page 131

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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dall (comparative doille)

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

Derived terms

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Verb

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

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

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Welsh

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. blind

Derived terms

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Noun

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dall m (plural deillion or deilliad, feminine dalles)

  1. blind person

Mutation

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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

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  • 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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