dúchroíoch
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From dú- (“black, dark; evil”) + croí (“heart”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective edit
dúchroíoch (genitive singular masculine dúchroíoch, genitive singular feminine dúchroíche, plural dúchroíocha, comparative dúchroíche)
Declension edit
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 edit
| 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 edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dúchroíoch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN