dèirceil

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From dèirc (“alms, charity”) +‎ -eil (adjectival suffix) (compare Irish déirciúil).

Adjective

dèirceil

kind

Derived terms

mì-dhèirceil (“uncharitable”)

References

Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9

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