dícheall

See also: dìcheall

Irish

Alternative forms

• díthcheall (superseded)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲiːçəl̪ˠ/, /ˈdʲiːhəl̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɪçəl̪ˠ/

Noun

dícheall m (genitive singular díchill)

1. (one's) best effort

   Déanfaidh mé mo dhícheall.

   I’ll do my best.

Declension

Declension of dícheall (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative dícheall vocative a dhíchill genitive díchill dative dícheall forms with the definite article case singular nominative an dícheall genitive an díchill dative leis an dícheall don dícheall

Mutation

Mutated forms of dícheall

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dícheall	dhícheall	ndícheall

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dícheall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 díchell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language