doicheall

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish dochell.

Pronunciation

Noun

doicheall m (genitive singular doichill)

  1. churlishness, inhospitality
    doicheall romhainn anseo.We are unwelcome here.
  2. unwillingness, reluctance
    bheith ag doicheallto be unwilling
    doicheall cainteunwillingness to speak
    doicheall oibrereluctance to work
    in am an doichillat a bad time, at an inconvenient hour

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

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

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

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