Thá sé dall ó rugadh é. - He is blind from birth. fear dall, nó "dall" - blind man. Is beag atá dall air. - It is little that he is "blind" to. - .i. He understands everything. "Cuir déirc amach cun an daill 7rl." - (amhrán)
Thá sé dall ó rugadh é. - He is blind from birth. Níl sé dall ar a ghnó. - He is not "blind" in his business. ("Dall" generally means loss of sight or permanent blindness.)
dall ar dhathanna. - Blind as regards colours. Thá sé dall maidir le dathanna ní (ד)aithineochadh sé gorm seachas dearg. - He wouldn't know red from blue.