daille

Irish

Etymology 1

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

Noun

daille f (genitive singular daille)

1. blindness

Declension

Declension of daille

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative daille Vocative a dhaille Genitive daille Dative daille

Forms with the definite article Case 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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
daille	dhaille	ndaille
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “daille”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “daille”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 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, 2013-2024