dea-mhéin

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

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) 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

• cóip dea-mhéine f (“complimentary copy”)
• cuairt dea-mhéine f (“goodwill visit”)
• dea-mhéineach (“well-wishing; well-meaning, benevolent”, adjective)
• duillín dea-mhéine m (“compliments slip”)
• lucht dea-mhéine m (“well-wishers”, literally “folk of goodwill”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dea-mhéin	dhea-mhéin	ndea-mhéin
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-mhéin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “dea-mhéin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “dea-mhéin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024