droch-cháil

Irish

Etymology

From droch- (“bad”) +‎ cáil (“reputation; quality”).

Noun

droch-cháil f (genitive singular droch-cháile)

1. bad reputation, ill repute

   Antonym: dea-cháil

2. bad quality

   Antonym: dea-cháil

Declension

Declension of droch-cháil

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative droch-cháil Vocative a dhroch-cháil Genitive droch-cháile Dative droch-cháil

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an droch-cháil Genitive na droch-cháile Dative leis an droch-cháil don droch-cháil

Mutation

Irish mutation
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
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “droch-cháil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “droch-cháil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024