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Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish dall, from Primitive Irish ᚇᚐᚂᚔ (dali) (compare Irish and Scottish Gaelic dall), from Proto-Celtic *dallos (compare Welsh dall); possibly cognate with Gothic 𐌳𐍅𐌰𐌻𐍃 (dwals, “foolish, stupid”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
doal
- blind
Derived terms
Noun
doal m (genitive singular doal, plural doail)
- blind person
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dall”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Christopher Lewin (2020) Aspects of the historical phonology of Manx, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, →DOI, page 102