doicheall

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish dochell.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɔiçəl̪ˠ/

Noun

doicheall m (genitive singular doichill)

1. churlishness, inhospitality

   Tá doicheall romhainn anseo. ― We are unwelcome here.

2. unwillingness, reluctance

   bheith ag doicheall ― to be unwilling

   doicheall cainte ― unwillingness to speak

   doicheall oibre ― reluctance to work

   in am an doichill ― at a bad time, at an inconvenient hour

Declension

Declension of doicheall

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative doicheall Vocative a dhoichill Genitive doichill Dative doicheall

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an doicheall Genitive an doichill Dative leis an doicheall don doicheall

Derived terms

• brúigh ar an doicheall

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
doicheall	dhoicheall	ndoicheall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “doicheall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 58