dea-mhéin

Irish

Etymology

From dea- (“good”) +‎ méin (“mind, disposition; bearing”).

Noun

dea-mhéin f (genitive singular dea-mhéine)

1. goodwill, benevolence

Declension

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

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

Derived terms

• cóip dea-mhéine f (“complimentary copy”)
• cuairt dea-mhéine f (“goodwill visit”)
• dea-mhéineach (“well-wishing; well-meaning, benevolent”, adjective)
• duillín dea-mhéine m (“compliments slip”)
• lucht dea-mhéine m (“well-wishers”, literally “folk of goodwill”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of dea-mhéin

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dea-mhéin	dhea-mhéin	ndea-mhéin

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-mhéin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “dea-mhéin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “dea-mhéin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025