droch-cháil

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Irish

Etymology

From droch- (bad) +‎ cáil (reputation; quality).

Noun

droch-cháil f (genitive singular droch-cháile)

  1. bad reputation, ill repute
    Antonym: dea-cháil
  2. bad quality
    Antonym: dea-cháil

Declension

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of droch-cháil
radical lenition eclipsis
droch-cháil dhroch-cháil ndroch-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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