doal

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish dall,[1] 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

  1. blind

Derived terms

  • dellid
  • dolley

Noun

doal m (genitive singular doal, plural doail)

  1. blind person

Mutation

Mutation of doal
radical lenition eclipsis
doal ghoal noal

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dall”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Christopher Lewin (2020) Aspects of the historical phonology of Manx, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, →DOI, page 102
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