díchéillí

Irish

Alternative forms

  • díchéillidhe, dí-chéillidhe, díthchéillidhe, díth-chéillidhe, díthchéillighe, díth-chéillighe (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish díchéillid.[2] By surface analysis, díchiall (“folly”) +‎ -í (adjectival suffix) and dí- +‎ céillí. The spelling with díth- is due to association with díth (“loss, lack”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌdʲiːˈçeːl̠ʲiː/, /ˌdʲiːˈçeːlʲiː/[3]
  • (also) IPA(key): /ˌdʲiːˈceːlʲiː/[4]

Adjective

díchéillí

  1. senseless, foolish, fatuous

Declension

Declension of díchéillí
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative díchéillí dhíchéillí díchéillí;
dhíchéillí2
vocative dhíchéillí díchéillí
genitive díchéillí díchéillí díchéillí
dative díchéillí;
dhíchéillí1 		dhíchéillí díchéillí;
dhíchéillí2
Comparative níos díchéillí
Superlative is díchéillí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of díchéillí
radical lenition eclipsis
díchéillí dhíchéillí ndíchéillí

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “díchéillí”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “díchéillid(e)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 82
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 172

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