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diall.

incline (towards)

5 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. incline (towards)

    intransitive
  2. decline, deviate (from)

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish díallaid (“turns (to or from), bends, reaches; stoops to, submits to; resembles, imitates; joins with, cleaves to”), díall, dell n or m (“swerving, turning aside; going astray, moral aberration; act of resembling; inclining to, taking part in, cleaving to; declension”), verbal noun of do·ella (“turns aside, deviates, bends; goes astray, errs, degenerates; turns to, takes to; turns on, assails; takes after, resembles; turns aside, deflects; declines (grammatically)”).

noun
  1. verbal noun of diall

    form-of · masculine · noun-from-verb
  2. inclination (towards)

    masculine
  3. declension, deviation (from)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish díallaid (“turns (to or from), bends, reaches; stoops to, submits to; resembles, imitates; joins with, cleaves to”), díall, dell n or m (“swerving, turning aside; going astray, moral aberration; act of resembling; inclining to, taking part in, cleaving to; declension”), verbal noun of do·ella (“turns aside, deviates, bends; goes astray, errs, degenerates; turns to, takes to; turns on, assails; takes after, resembles; turns aside, deflects; declines (grammatically)”).

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