dearóil

Irish

Alternative forms

• deileoir, deireoil, dreoil, direoil

Etymology

From Old Irish deróil, from dí- + ro- + fóill (“slight, gentle, fine”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /dʲaˈɾˠoːlʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲaɾˠoːlʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲaɾˠɔlʲ/

Adjective

dearóil (genitive singular feminine dearóile, plural dearóile, comparative dearóile)

1. wretched, miserable, forlorn

   Synonyms: aimléiseach, aimlithe, ainnis

2. poor (with few or no possessions or money)

   Synonyms: bocht, daibhir

3. mean, lowly
4. bleak, dreary

   Synonym: argail

5. puny, insignificant, needy

Declension

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

• dearóile
• dearóiligh

Mutation

Mutated forms of dearóil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dearóil	dhearóil	ndearóil

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

Further reading

• “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