doicheall

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish dochell.

Pronunciation

Noun

doicheall m (genitive singular doichill)

  1. churlishness, inhospitality
    Tá doicheall romhainn anseo. ― We are unwelcome here.
  2. unwillingness, reluctance
    bheith ag doicheall ― to be unwilling
    doicheall cainte ― unwillingness to speak
    doicheall oibre ― reluctance to work
    in am an doichill ― at a bad time, at an inconvenient hour

Declension

Declension of doicheall (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative doicheall
vocative a dhoichill
genitive doichill
dative doicheall
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an doicheall
genitive an doichill
dative leis an doicheall
don doicheall

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of doicheall
radical lenition eclipsis
doicheall dhoicheall ndoicheall

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 293, page 148
  2. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 411, page 158
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 149, page 58

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “doiċeall”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 353; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “doicheall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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