Dáithí Mac Giolla. wrote:
Dala =?
I came across this word in Gaischaint, I cant find it in any of my dictionarys, any ideas what it means
Is dos na daoine dala an glór sin. Ní bhíonn aon radharc acu ach bíonn siad ábalta rudaí a chlos. The noise is for blind people. They cant see but they can hear.
It should be
dalla;
dalla, nom. plural adj., from
dall 'blind'.
na daoine dalla 'blind people'
It can be used as a noun (first declension, masc.) as well; dall 'blind person', na daill 'the blind people'
http://www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/dallPronunciation0:
http://www.teanglann.ie/en/fuaim/dall
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