droch-cháil
Irish
Etymology
From droch- (“bad”) + cáil (“reputation; quality”).
Noun
droch-cháil f (genitive singular droch-cháile)
- bad reputation, ill repute
- Antonym: dea-cháil
- bad quality
- Antonym: dea-cháil
Declension
Declension of droch-cháil
Second declension
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
droch-cháil | dhroch-cháil | ndroch-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), “droch-cháil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “droch-cháil” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “droch-cháil” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.