diall

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.

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Middle English

Alternative forms

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

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

• English: dial
• Scots: dial

References

• “dīal (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-21.