daille

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish daille; synchronically analyzable as dall +‎ -e.

Noun

daille f (genitive singular daille)

blindness

Declension

Declension of daille

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	daille	d{{{3}}}
Vocative	a dhaille	a dh{{{3}}}
Genitive	daille	d{{{3}}}
Dative	daille	d{{{3}}}

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an daille	na d{{{3}}}
Genitive	na daille	na nd{{{3}}}
Dative	leis an daille don daille	leis na d{{{3}}}

Adjective

daille

genitive singular feminine of dall
comparative degree of dall

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

“daille” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“daille” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 220.
"daille" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Entries containing “daille” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “daille” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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