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

Positive	singular		plural
	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

Mutated forms of dúchroíoch

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dúchroíoch	dhúchroíoch	ndúchroíoch

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

References

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