dearóil
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish deróil, from dí- + ro- + fóill (“slight, gentle, fine”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]dearóil (genitive singular feminine dearóile, plural dearóile, comparative dearóile)
- wretched, miserable, forlorn
- Synonyms: aimléiseach, aimlithe, ainnis
- poor (with few or no possessions or money)
- mean, lowly
- bleak, dreary
- Synonym: argail
- puny, insignificant, needy
Declension
[edit]Declension of dearóil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | dearóil | dhearóil | dearóile; dhearóile² | |
| Vocative | dhearóil | dearóile | ||
| Genitive | dearóile | dearóile | dearóil | |
| Dative | dearóil; dhearóil¹ |
dhearóil | dearóile; dhearóile² | |
| Comparative | níos dearóile | |||
| Superlative | is dearóile | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| dearóil | dhearóil | ndearóil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- “dearóil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “deróil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dearóil”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 232
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dearóil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN