dèirceil

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From dèirc (“alms, charity”) +‎ -eil (adjectival suffix) (compare Irish déirciúil).

Adjective

dèirceil

1. kind

Derived terms

• mì-dhèirceil (“uncharitable”)

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “dèirceil”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN