daille

daille

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish daille.[1] By surface analysis, dall +‎ -e.

Noun

daille f (genitive singular daille)

  1. blindness
Declension
Declension of daille (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative daille
vocative a dhaille
genitive daille
dative daille
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an daille
genitive na daille
dative leis an daille
don daille

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

daille

  1. inflection of dall:
    1. genitive singular feminine
    2. comparative degree

Mutation

Mutated forms of daille
radical lenition eclipsis
daille dhaille ndaille

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), “daille”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “daille”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “daille”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 220
  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “daille”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
  • “daille”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd̪a.l̠ʲe/

Adjective

daille

  1. feminine genitive singular of dall

Mutation

Mutation of daille
radical lenition nasalization
daille daille
pronounced with /ð-/		 ndaille

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

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