dal

See also: daL, dał, dął, dál, dâl, -dal, -dál, Dal, and дал

Translingual

Alternative forms

• daL

Symbol

dal

1. (metrology) Symbol for decaliter (decalitre), an SI unit of fluid measure equal to 10¹ liters (litres).

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English

Alternative forms

• dahl, dhal, daal, dholl

Etymology

From Hindi दाल (dāl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑːl/

  • Audio (UK):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑːl

Noun

dal (countable and uncountable, plural dals)

1. Any of many dried husked pulses (legume), including peas, beans and lentils.
2. A dish made from lentils, cooked with spices, tomatoes and onions etc.
   • 1934, George Orwell, chapter 6, in Burmese Days‎^[2]:

     A stout Burmese woman, wife of a constable, was kneeling outside the cage ladling rice and watery dahl into tin pannikins.

3. A tropical herb with yellow flowers; the pigeon pea.

Derived terms

• chana dal
• dal tarka
• masoor dal
• urad dal

 

Translations

a dried husked pulse

• Assamese: দাইল (dail), ডালি (dali)
• Bengali: ডাল (bn) (ḍal), ডাইল (ḍail)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Gujarati: દાળ ? (dāḷ)
• Hindi: दाल (hi) f (dāl)
• Japanese: ダール (dāru)
• Kannada: ತೊವ್ವೆ (kn) (tovve)
• Malayalam: പരിപ്പ് (ml) (parippŭ)
• Nepali: दाल (ne) (dāl)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Oriya: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: دال (fa) (dâl), دال‌عدس (dâladas)
• Punjabi: ਦਾਲ (dāl), ਦਾਲ਼ (dāḷ)
• Russian: дал (ru) m (dal), даа́л m (daál)
• Sinhalese: පරිප්පු (parippu)
• Tamil: பருப்பு (ta) (paruppu), பருப்புக்கறி (paruppukkaṟi)
• Telugu: పప్పు (te) (pappu)
• Urdu: دال f (dāl)

dish

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Malayalam: പരിപ്പുകറി (parippukaṟi)
• Polish: dal (pl) f

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “dal”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• ADL, DLA, LAD, LDA, lad

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dal, from Old Dutch dal, from Proto-Germanic *dalą (“valley, dale”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰol-, *dʰel- (“an arch, vaulting, curve, curvature, cavity”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɑl]

• Audio:

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Noun

dal (plural dale)

1. dale, valley

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *dala, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁- (compare Ancient Greek θάλλω (thállō, “to grow, bloom, thrive”), Welsh deillio (“to emanate, derive”)).

Verb

• (active) dal (aorist dola, participle dalë)

1. (active voice) I exit, go out
2. (active voice) I leave

• (passive) dílet (aorist -, participle dalë)

1. (passive voice, impersonal) come(s); do(es) come (only 3rd person)

Antonyms

• hyj

Derived terms

• dilet (passive, 3rd person)
• dalë (participle)
• dalje f, dalja f
• dalë n, dalët n
• dalë f, dala f
• dalë (e, i)
• dale(ni)
• ndal (active)
• ndalem (passive)
• ndalur (participle)
• ndaloj (active)
• ndalohem (passive)
• ndaluar (participle)
• ndalues m, ndaluese f
• ndalë f, ndala f
• ndalesë f, ndalesa f

 

Further reading

• [3] active verb dal (aorist dola (dóla); dalë (dálë)) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
• [4] passive (impersonal) verb dilet (dílet) (3rd person) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

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Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɑɫ]

• Audio :

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Etymology 1

Cognate with Chagatai and Ottoman Turkish دال (dal, “back”). Compare also dialectal Turkish dal (“back; arm; shoulder”), Kyrgyz далы (dalı, “shoulder blade”).

Possibly of Mongolic origin, compare Mongolian дал (dal, “shoulder; shoulder blade”).

Noun

1. back, rear

   Synonyms: arxa, ard

   Antonyms: qabaq, ön

2. (anatomy) back

   Synonyms: bel, kürək

3. bottom, buttocks, nates, posterior, seat

   Synonym: (vulgar) göt

4. (dated) end

   Synonym: son

5. (colloquial) sequel, continuation; something which is continued

   Synonyms: ard, davam

Declension

Declension of dal
	singular	plural
nominative	dal	dallar
definite accusative	dalı	dalları
dative	dala	dallara
locative	dalda	dallarda
ablative	daldan	dallardan
definite genitive	dalın	dalların

Possessive forms of dal
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	dalım	dallarım
sənin (“your”)	dalın	dalların
onun (“his/her/its”)	dalı	dalları
bizim (“our”)	dalımız	dallarımız
sizin (“your”)	dalınız	dallarınız
onların (“their”)	dalı or dalları	dalları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	dalımı	dallarımı
sənin (“your”)	dalını	dallarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	dalını	dallarını
bizim (“our”)	dalımızı	dallarımızı
sizin (“your”)	dalınızı	dallarınızı
onların (“their”)	dalını or dallarını	dallarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	dalıma	dallarıma
sənin (“your”)	dalına	dallarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	dalına	dallarına
bizim (“our”)	dalımıza	dallarımıza
sizin (“your”)	dalınıza	dallarınıza
onların (“their”)	dalına or dallarına	dallarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	dalımda	dallarımda
sənin (“your”)	dalında	dallarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	dalında	dallarında
bizim (“our”)	dalımızda	dallarımızda
sizin (“your”)	dalınızda	dallarınızda
onların (“their”)	dalında or dallarında	dallarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	dalımdan	dallarımdan
sənin (“your”)	dalından	dallarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	dalından	dallarından
bizim (“our”)	dalımızdan	dallarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	dalınızdan	dallarınızdan
onların (“their”)	dalından or dallarından	dallarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	dalımın	dallarımın
sənin (“your”)	dalının	dallarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	dalının	dallarının
bizim (“our”)	dalımızın	dallarımızın
sizin (“your”)	dalınızın	dallarınızın
onların (“their”)	dalının or dallarının	dallarının

Derived terms

• dalında
• dalınca

References

• Sevortjan, E. V. (1980) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Nauka, pages 131-132

Etymology 2

From Common Turkic *dal.

Noun

1. (poetic) branch

   Synonym: budaq

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Bouyei

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta˨˦/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *taːᴬ (“maternal grandfather”). Cognate with Thai ตา (dtaa), Lao ຕາ (tā), Lü ᦎᦱ (ṫaa), Shan တႃ (tǎa), Zhuang da.

Noun

dal

1. maternal grandfather

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *p.taːᴬ (“eye”). Cognate with Thai ตา (dtaa), Northern Thai ᨲᩣ, Lao ຕາ (tā), Lü ᦎᦱ (ṫaa), Tai Dam ꪔꪱ, Shan တႃ (tǎa), Aiton တႃ (tā), Ahom 𑜄𑜠 (ta) or 𑜄𑜡 (tā), Southern Kam dal, Zhuang da. Compare Old Chinese 睹 (OC *taːʔ, “to see”).

Noun

dal

1. eye

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdal]

Verb

dal

1. masculine singular past participle of dát

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse dalr (“valley”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdæːˀl]

Noun

dal c (singular definite dalen, plural indefinite dale)

1. dale, valley (elongated depression between hills or mountains)

Inflection

Declension of dal

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dal	dalen	dale	dalene
genitive	dals	dalens	dales	dalenes

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dal

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of dale

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑl/

• audio:

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• Hyphenation: dal
• Rhymes: -ɑl
• Homophone: Dal

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch dal, from Old Dutch dal, from Proto-Germanic *dalą.

Noun

dal n (plural dalen, diminutive dalletje n)

1. valley

Derived terms

• gletsjerdal
• rivierdal
• tranendal

Descendants

• Afrikaans: dal

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

dal m (plural dallen, diminutive dalletje n)

1. a type of stone to pave the floor with, flagstone

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Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse dalr.

Noun

dal m

1. valley

Inflection

Declension of dal

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dal	daln	dalir	dalir
accusative	dal	daln	dali	dalį
dative	dali	dalim	dalum	dalum(e)
genitive	—	—	—	—

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Extremaduran

Etymology

From Latin dāre, present active infinitive of dō (“give”).

Verb

dal

1. to give

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Gothic

Romanization

dal

1. Romanization of 𐌳𐌰𐌻

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Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia. It is also possible that it is a back-formation from dalol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɒl]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɒl

Noun

dal (plural dalok)

1. song

   Synonyms: ének, nóta; see also Thesaurus:ének

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	dal	dalok
accusative	dalt	dalokat
dative	dalnak	daloknak
instrumental	dallal	dalokkal
causal-final	dalért	dalokért
translative	dallá	dalokká
terminative	dalig	dalokig
essive-formal	dalként	dalokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	dalban	dalokban
superessive	dalon	dalokon
adessive	dalnál	daloknál
illative	dalba	dalokba
sublative	dalra	dalokra
allative	dalhoz	dalokhoz
elative	dalból	dalokból
delative	dalról	dalokról
ablative	daltól	daloktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	dalé	daloké
non-attributive possessive - plural	daléi	dalokéi

Possessive forms of dal
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	dalom	dalaim
2nd person sing.	dalod	dalaid
3rd person sing.	dala	dalai
1st person plural	dalunk	dalaink
2nd person plural	dalotok	dalaitok
3rd person plural	daluk	dalaik

Derived terms

• dalárda
• dallam
• dalnok
• dalol
• dalos

 

Compound words with this term at the beginning

• dalmű
• dalszerző
• dalszínház
• dalszöveg

 

Compound words with this term at the end

• altatódal
• bölcsődal
• gyerekdal
• hattyúdal
• kardal
• népdal

 

Further reading

• dal in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• dal in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

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Icelandic

Noun

dal

1. inflection of dalur:
   1. indefinite accusative singular
   2. indefinite dative singular

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Italian

Contraction

dal

1. Contraction of da il; from the
2. since

   dal 1963 ― since 1963

Related terms

• da'
• dagli
• dai
• dall'
• dalla
• dalle
• dallo

 

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Ladin

Etymology

From da +‎ l.

Contraction

dal

1. from the (masculine singular)

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Mauritian Creole

Alternative forms

• dal, dholl

Etymology

From Hindi दाल (dāl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dal]

Noun

dal

1. any of many dried husked pulses (legume), including peas, beans and lentils; dahl
2. a dish made from lentils, cooked with spices, tomatoes and onions etc.

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch dal, from Proto-Germanic *dalą.

Noun

dal n

1. valley
2. dip, lower area in the landscape
3. hole

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• dālen

Descendants

• Dutch: dal
  • Afrikaans: dal
• Limburgish: daal

Further reading

• “dal”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “dal”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

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Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtal/

Adverb

dal

1. now

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[5], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse dalr (“dale, valley”), from Proto-Germanic *dala- (“valley, dale”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰol-, *dʰel- (“an arch, vaulting, curve, curvature, cavity”).

Noun

dal m (definite singular dalen, indefinite plural daler, definite plural dalene)

1. a valley

Derived terms

Terms derived from dal

• dalbunn
• dalføre

• dalside
• elvedal

• riftdal
• U-dal

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse dalr. Akin to English dale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑːl/

Noun

dal m (definite singular dalen, indefinite plural dalar, definite plural dalane)

1. a valley

Declension

  Declension of dal (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	dal	dalen	dalar	dalane
compound-genitive	dals-	―	dale-	―

Derived terms

Terms derived from dal

• dalføre
• dalside

• elvedal
• riftdal

• U-dal

References

• “dal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Occitan

Alternative forms

• del, dau, deu

Contraction

dal

1. Contraction of de + lo

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dalą.

Noun

dal n

1. valley

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: dal
  • Dutch: dal
    • Afrikaans: dal
  • Limburgish: daal

Further reading

• “dal”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

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Old English

Alternative forms

• ġedāl

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dailą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑl/

Noun

dal n

1. division

Descendants

• Middle English: dol
  • English: dole

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Old Norse

Noun

dal

1. accusative/dative singular of dalr

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dalą.

Noun

dal n

1. valley

Descendants

• Middle Low German: dal
  • Low German: dal, daal
    • German Low German: Daal

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Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse dalr, from Proto-Germanic *dalą.

Noun

dal m

1. valley

Declension

Declension of daler (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	daler	dalrin	dalar	dalanir, dalaner
accusative	dal	dalin	dala	dalana
dative	dali, dale	dalinum, dalenom	dalum, dalom	dalumin, dalomen
genitive	dals	dalsins	dala	dalanna

Descendants

• Swedish: dal c

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Papiamentu

Etymology

The conjugation of this verb in Papiamentu follows that of former Dutch verbs.

Therefore more probably from Dutch douwen (“push”).

And less probably from Spanish dale: da + le ("give it").

Verb

dal

1. to hit
2. to beat

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Polish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dalь.

Noun

dal f

1. distance

   z dala ― from a distance/from afar/from far away

   skok w dal ― long jump

Declension

Declension of dal

	singular	plural
nominative	dal	dale
genitive	dali	dali
dative	dali	dalom
accusative	dal	dale
instrumental	dalą	dalami
locative	dali	dalach
vocative	dali	dale

Derived terms

noun

• skok w dal

 

• daleki
• daleko
• zdalny

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hindi दाल (dāl).

Noun

dal f

1. dal (an Indian lentil dish)

Declension

Declension of dal

	singular	plural
nominative	dal	dale
genitive	dali	dali
dative	dali	dalom
accusative	dal	dale
instrumental	dalą	dalami
locative	dali	dalach
vocative	dali	dale

Further reading

• dal in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• dal in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romagnol

Preposition

dal

1. feminine plural of da (“from; by”) (used before a consonant)

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Salar

Etymology

Cognate with Azerbaijani dal (“branch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɑl]

Noun

dal

1. tree

References

• 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “dal”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎^[6], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 25
• 马伟 [Ma Wei], 朝克 [Chao Ke] (2014) “dal”, in 撒拉语366条会话读本 [Salar 366 Conversation Reader]‎^[7], 1^st edition, 社会科学文献出版社 [Social Science Literature Press], →ISBN, page 105

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Southern Kam

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta⁵⁵/

Noun

dal

1. eye

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Sumerian

Romanization

dal

1. Romanization of 𒊑 (dal)

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish dal, from Old Norse dalr, from Proto-Germanic *dalą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰol-, *dʰel-.

Noun

dal c

1. valley, dale

Declension

Declension of dal

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	dal	dals
	definite	dalen	dalens
plural	indefinite	dalar	dalars
	definite	dalarna	dalarnas

Related terms

• berg- och dalbana

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دال (dal), from Old Turkic [script needed] (tal), from Proto-Turkic *tāl, *dal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daɫ/

Noun

dal (definite accusative dalı, plural dallar)

1. branch
2. (slang) cigarette, joint

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	dal
Definite accusative	dalı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dal	dallar
Definite accusative	dalı	dalları
Dative	dala	dallara
Locative	dalda	dallarda
Ablative	daldan	dallardan
Genitive	dalın	dalların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular dalım dallarım 2nd singular dalın dalların 3rd singular dalı dalları 1st plural dalımız dallarımız 2nd plural dalınız dallarınız 3rd plural dalları dalları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular dalımı dallarımı 2nd singular dalını dallarını 3rd singular dalını dallarını 1st plural dalımızı dallarımızı 2nd plural dalınızı dallarınızı 3rd plural dallarını dallarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular dalıma dallarıma 2nd singular dalına dallarına 3rd singular dalına dallarına 1st plural dalımıza dallarımıza 2nd plural dalınıza dallarınıza 3rd plural dallarına dallarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular dalımda dallarımda 2nd singular dalında dallarında 3rd singular dalında dallarında 1st plural dalımızda dallarımızda 2nd plural dalınızda dallarınızda 3rd plural dallarında dallarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular dalımdan dallarımdan 2nd singular dalından dallarından 3rd singular dalından dallarından 1st plural dalımızdan dallarımızdan 2nd plural dalınızdan dallarınızdan 3rd plural dallarından dallarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular dalımın dallarımın 2nd singular dalının dallarının 3rd singular dalının dallarının 1st plural dalımızın dallarımızın 2nd plural dalınızın dallarınızın 3rd plural dallarının dallarının

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dal/
• Rhymes: -al

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *dalɣ-, from Proto-Indo-European *delgʰ-. Cognate with Latin indulgeo.

Verb

dal (first-person singular present daliaf)

1. to catch
2. to capture
3. to hold
4. to continue

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	daliaf	deli	deil	daliwn	deliwch, daliwch	daliant	delir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	daliwn	delit	daliai	daliem	daliech	dalient	delid
preterite	deliais	deliaist	daliodd	daliasom	daliasoch	daliasant	daliwyd
pluperfect	daliaswn	daliasit	daliasai	daliasem	daliasech	daliasent	daliasid, daliesid
present subjunctive	daliwyf	deliech	dalio	daliom	dalioch	daliont	dalier
imperative	—	dal, dalia	dalied	daliwn	deliwch, daliwch	dalient	dalier
verbal noun	dal
verbal adjectives	daliedig daliadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	dalia i, daliaf i	dali di	dalith o/e/hi, daliff e/hi	daliwn ni	daliwch chi	dalian nhw
conditional	daliwn i, dalswn i	daliet ti, dalset ti	daliai fo/fe/hi, dalsai fo/fe/hi	dalien ni, dalsen ni	daliech chi, dalsech chi	dalien nhw, dalsen nhw
preterite	daliais i, dalies i	daliaist ti, daliest ti	daliodd o/e/hi	dalion ni	dalioch chi	dalion nhw
imperative	—	dalia	—	—	daliwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	dala i, dalaf i	dali di	dalith o/e/hi, daliff e/hi	dalwn ni	dalwch chi	dalan nhw
conditional	dalwn i, dalswn i	dalet ti, dalset ti	dalai fo/fe/hi, dalsai fo/fe/hi	dalen ni, dalsen ni	dalech chi, dalsech chi	dalen nhw, dalsen nhw
preterite	dalais i, dales i	dalaist ti, dalest ti	dalodd o/e/hi	dalon ni	daloch chi	dalon nhw
imperative	—	dala	—	—	dalwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Alternative forms

• dala (South Wales)

Derived terms

• dalfa
• yn dal

 

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dal	ddal	nal	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

dal

1. Soft mutation of tal.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tal	dal	nhal	thal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.