dea-mhéin

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Irish

Etymology

From dea- (good) +‎ méin (mind, disposition; bearing).

Noun

dea-mhéin f (genitive singular dea-mhéine)

  1. goodwill, benevolence

Declension

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

Derived terms

Mutation

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

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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