anchroí

Irish

Alternative forms

• anchroidhe (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish ancride. By surface analysis, an- (“bad”) +‎ croí (“heart”).

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɑnxɾˠə/

Noun

anchroí m (genitive singular anchroí)

1. malevolence

   Synonyms: drochaigeantacht, droch-chroí, gangaid, nimh, olc

Declension

Declension of anchroí

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative anchroí Vocative a anchroí Genitive anchroí Dative anchroí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an t-anchroí Genitive an anchroí Dative leis an anchroí don anchroí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anchroí	n-anchroí	hanchroí	t-anchroí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “anchroí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aincride”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “anċroiḋe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 29
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 9