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

Noun

diall m (genitive singular diallta)

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

Declension

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

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

  • English: dial
  • Scots: dial

References

Palauan

Noun

diall

  1. ship
  2. money collected for a new widow

Derived terms

References

  • diall in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
  • diall in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
  • diall in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 78.
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