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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From dí- + ciall (“sense, sanity, common sense”). The spelling with díth- is due to the influence of díth (“lack, loss”), and the form díthcéille with unlenited c shows a reinterpretation of the word as díth céille (literally “lack of sense”).
Pronunciation
Noun
díchiall f (genitive singular díchéille)
- want of sense, folly
Declension
Related terms
Mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| díchiall
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dhíchiall
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ndíchiall
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
Further reading
- “díchiall”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “díchíall”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “díċéille”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 240
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “díchiall”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “díchiall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN