deall

Welsh

Alternative forms

• dallt (North Wales)
• dyall (South Wales)

Etymology

From Middle Welsh dyallu. By surface analysis, dy- +‎ gallu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.aɬ/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.aɬ/

Verb

deall (first-person singular present deallaf)

1. to understand, to comprehend

Conjugation

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	deallaf	deelli	deall	deallwn	deellwch, deallwch	deallant	deellir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	deallwn	deallit	deallai	deallem	deallech	deallent	deellid
preterite	deellais	deellaist	deallodd	deallasom	deallasoch	deallasant	deallwyd
pluperfect	deallaswn	deallasit	deallasai	deallasem	deallasech	deallasent	deallasid, deallesid
present subjunctive	deallwyf	deellych	deallo	deallom	dealloch	deallont	dealler
imperative	—	deall, dealla	dealled	deallwn	deellwch, deallwch	deallent	dealler
verbal noun	deall
verbal adjectives	dealledig dealladwy

Conjugation (literary)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	dealla i, deallaf i	dealli di	deallith o/e/hi, dealliff e/hi	deallwn ni	deallwch chi	deallan nhw
conditional	deallwn i, deallswn i	deallet ti, deallset ti	deallai fo/fe/hi, deallsai fo/fe/hi	deallen ni, deallsen ni	deallech chi, deallsech chi	deallen nhw, deallsen nhw
preterite	deallais i, dealles i	deallaist ti, deallest ti	deallodd o/e/hi	deallon ni	dealloch chi	deallon nhw
imperative	—	dealla	—	—	deallwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Conjugation (colloquial)

Derived terms

• camddeall (“misunderstand”)

Noun

deall m (plural deallon)

1. understanding, comprehension, intelligence

Derived terms

• dealladwy (“understandable, intelligable”, adjective)
• dealltwriaeth f (“understanding, intellect”)
• deallus (“intellectual”, adjective)
• diddeall (“lacking in understanding”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of deall

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
deall	ddeall	neall	unchanged

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

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “deallaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies