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Dall

Dall

See also: dall, Dall., and dall'

English

Proper noun

Dall

  1. A lake in Alaska.

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)

  1. valley, dale

Etymology 2

From French dalle.

Noun

Dall f (plural Dallen)

  1. slab, flagstone, paver

Old Irish

Proper noun

Dall m

  1. A male given name

Proper noun

Dall ?

  1. the name of a mound at Tara

Proper noun

Dall ?

  1. the river Dall, south of the Drobaís

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

See also: Dall, Dall., and dall'

Breton

Adjective

dall

  1. blind

Mutation


Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): [d̪ˠaul̪ˠ]
  • (Galway) IPA(key): [d̪ˠɑːl̪ˠ]
  • (Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): [d̪ˠɑl̪ˠ]

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

Noun

dall m (genitive singular daill, nominative plural daill)

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

Declension

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)

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

Conjugation

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)

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

Derived terms

Related terms

Verb

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

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

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.