dea-cháil

Irish

Etymology

From dea- (“good”) +‎ cáil (“reputation; quality”).

Noun

dea-cháil f (genitive singular dea-cháile)

1. good reputation, fame

   Antonym: droch-cháil

2. good quality

   Antonym: droch-cháil

Declension

Declension of dea-cháil (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative dea-cháil vocative a dhea-cháil genitive dea-cháile dative dea-cháil forms with the definite article case singular nominative an dea-cháil genitive na dea-cháile dative leis an dea-cháil don dea-cháil

Mutation

Mutated forms of dea-cháil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dea-cháil	dhea-cháil	ndea-cháil

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dea-cháil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “dea-cháil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “dea-cháil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024