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doicheall

Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish dochell.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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Declension of doicheall

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

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

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
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

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 149, page 58

Further reading

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