deall
Welsh edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Welsh dyallu. By surface analysis, dy- + gallu.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈdeː.aɬ/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈdiː.aɬ/
Verb edit
deall (first-person singular present deallaf)
- to understand, to comprehend
Conjugation edit
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | deallaf | deelli | deall | deallwn | deellwch, deallwch | deallant | deellir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
deallwn | deallit | deallai | deallem | deallech | deallent | deellid | |
| preterite | deellais | deellaist | deallodd | deallasom | deallasoch | deallasant | deallwyd | |
| pluperfect | deallaswn | deallasit | deallasai | deallasem | deallasech | deallasent | deallasid, deallesid | |
| present subjunctive | deallwyf | deellych | deallo | deallom | dealloch | deallont | dealler | |
| imperative | — | deall, dealla | dealled | deallwn | deellwch, deallwch | deallent | dealler | |
| verbal noun | deall | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | dealledig dealladwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | dealla i, deallaf i | dealli di | deallith o/e/hi, dealliff e/hi | deallwn ni | deallwch chi | deallan nhw |
| conditional | deallwn i, deallswn i | deallet ti, deallset ti | deallai fo/fe/hi, deallsai fo/fe/hi | deallen ni, deallsen ni | deallech chi, deallsech chi | deallen nhw, deallsen nhw |
| preterite | deallais i, dealles i | deallaist ti, deallest ti | deallodd o/e/hi | deallon ni | dealloch chi | deallon nhw |
| imperative | — | dealla | — | — | deallwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms edit
- camddeall (“misunderstand”)
Noun edit
deall m (plural deallon)
Derived terms edit
- dealladwy (“understandable, intelligable”, adjective)
- dealltwriaeth f (“understanding, intellect”)
- deallus (“intellectual”, adjective)
- diddeall (“lacking in understanding”, adjective)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| deall | ddeall | neall | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “deallaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies