droch-cháil

Irish

Etymology

From droch- (“bad”) +‎ cáil (“reputation; quality”).

Noun

droch-cháil f (genitive singular droch-cháile)

1. bad reputation, ill repute

   Antonym: dea-cháil

2. bad quality

   Antonym: dea-cháil

Declension

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

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of droch-cháil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
droch-cháil	dhroch-cháil	ndroch-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) “droch-cháil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “droch-cháil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “droch-cháil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024