dea-cháil

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Irish

Etymology

From dea- (“good”) +‎ cáil (“reputation; quality”).

Noun

dea-cháil f (genitive singular dea-cháile)

  1. good reputation, fame
    Antonym: droch-cháil
  2. good quality
    Antonym: droch-cháil

Declension

Declension of dea-cháil (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative dea-cháil
vocative a dhea-cháil
genitive dea-cháile
dative dea-cháil
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an dea-cháil
genitive na dea-cháile
dative leis an dea-cháil
don dea-cháil

Mutation

Mutated forms of dea-cháil
radical lenition eclipsis
dea-cháil dhea-cháil ndea-cháil

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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