dúchroíoch

Irish

Etymology

From dú- (“black, dark; evil”) +‎ croí (“heart”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

dúchroíoch (genitive singular masculine dúchroíoch, genitive singular feminine dúchroíche, plural dúchroíocha, comparative dúchroíche)

1. joyless, melancholic
2. black-hearted, spiteful

Declension

Declension of dúchroíoch

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	dúchroíoch	dhúchroíoch	dúchroíocha; dhúchroíocha²
Vocative	dhúchroíoch		dúchroíocha
Genitive		dúchroíche	dúchroíocha	dúchroíoch
Dative	dúchroíoch; dhúchroíoch¹	dhúchroíoch	dúchroíocha; dhúchroíocha²
Comparative	níos dúchroíche
Superlative	is dúchroíche

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dúchroíoch	dhúchroíoch	ndúchroíoch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dúchroíoch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN