doicheall
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish dochell.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]doicheall m (genitive singular doichill)
- churlishness, inhospitality
- Tá doicheall romhainn anseo. ― We are unwelcome here.
- 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
[edit]Declension of doicheall
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
doicheall | dhoicheall | ndoicheall |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 149, page 58
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “doicheall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN