dea-cháil

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

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) 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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dea-cháil	dhea-cháil	ndea-cháil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dea-cháil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “dea-cháil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “dea-cháil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024