Irish
- díchéille, díthcéille, díthchéille
- díchéille, díth-céille, díthchéille, díth-chéille (obsolete)[1]
Etymology
From dí- + ciall (“sense, sanity, common sense”). The spelling with díth- is due to the influence of díth (“lack, loss”), and the form díthcéille with unlenited c shows a reinterpretation of the word as díth céille (literally “lack of sense”).
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˌdʲiːˈceːlʲə/[2] (corresponding to the form díthcéille)
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈdʲiːˌceːl̠ʲə/, /ˈdʲiːˌçeːl̠ʲə/[3] (corresponding to the forms díthcéille and dí(th)chéille respectively)
Noun
díchiall f (genitive singular díchéille)
- want of sense, folly
Declension
Declension of díchiall (second declension, no plural)
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Mutation
Mutated forms of díchiall
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lenition
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eclipsis
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dhíchiall
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ndíchiall
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ “díchiall”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 276, page 137
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 82
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “díchíall”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “díċéille”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 240
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “dí-ċiall”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 334; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “díth-céille”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 343; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “díchiall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN