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)

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

Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present diallaim diallann tú;
diallair†		 diallann sé, sí diallaimid diallann sibh diallann siad;
diallaid†		 a dhiallann; a dhiallas /
a ndiallann*; a ndiallas*		 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 dhialltá dhialladh sé, sí dhiallaimis; dhialladh muid dhialladh sibh dhiallaidís; dhialladh siad a dhialladh /
ar dhialladh*		 dhialltaí
future diallfaidh mé;
diallfad		 diallfaidh tú;
diallfair†		 diallfaidh sé, sí diallfaimid;
diallfaidh muid		 diallfaidh sibh diallfaidh siad;
diallfaid†		 a dhiallfaidh; a dhiallfas /
a ndiallfaidh*; a ndiallfas*		 diallfar
conditional dhiallfainn / ndiallfainn‡‡ dhiallfá / ndiallfᇇ dhiallfadh sé, sí / ndiallfadh sé, s퇇 dhiallfaimis; dhiallfadh muid / ndiallfaimis‡‡; ndiallfadh muid‡‡ dhiallfadh sibh / ndiallfadh sibh‡‡ dhiallfaidís; dhiallfadh siad / ndiallfaidís‡‡; ndiallfadh siad‡‡ a dhiallfadh /
ar dhiallfadh*		 dhiallfaí / ndiallfa퇇
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
verbal noun diall
past participle diallta

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Noun

diall m (genitive singular diallta)

  1. verbal noun of diall
  2. (with le) inclination (towards)
  3. (with ó) declension, deviation (from)

Declension
Declension of diall

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative diall
Vocative a dhiall
Genitive diallta
Dative diall

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an diall
Genitive an diallta
Dative leis an diall

don diall

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
diall dhiall ndiall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • "diall" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “díallaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “díall” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French dyal, from Latin diālis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdiːal/, /ˈdiːəl/

Noun

diall

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

Descendants

References
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