doicheall

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish dochell.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɔiçəl̪ˠ/

Noun

doicheall m (genitive singular doichill)

1. churlishness, inhospitality

   Tá doicheall romhainn anseo. ― We are unwelcome here.

2. 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

Declension of doicheall (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative doicheall vocative a dhoichill genitive doichill dative doicheall forms with the definite article case singular nominative an doicheall genitive an doichill dative leis an doicheall don doicheall

Derived terms

• brúigh ar an doicheall
• doicheallach

Mutation

Mutated forms of doicheall

radical	lenition	eclipsis
doicheall	dhoicheall	ndoicheall

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) “doicheall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN