dea-mhéin

Irish

Etymology

From dea- (“good”) +‎ méin (“mind, disposition; bearing”).

Noun

dea-mhéin f (genitive singular dea-mhéine)

  1. goodwill, benevolence

Declension

Declension of dea-mhéin (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative dea-mhéin
vocative a dhea-mhéin
genitive dea-mhéine
dative dea-mhéin
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an dea-mhéin
genitive na dea-mhéine
dative leis an dea-mhéin
don dea-mhéin

Derived terms

  • cóip dea-mhéine f (“complimentary copy”)
  • cuairt dea-mhéine f (“goodwill visit”)
  • dea-mhéineach (“well-wishing; well-meaning, benevolent”, adjective)
  • duillín dea-mhéine m (“compliments slip”)
  • lucht dea-mhéine m (“well-wishers”, literally “folk of goodwill”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of dea-mhéin
radical lenition eclipsis
dea-mhéin dhea-mhéin ndea-mhéin

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

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