droch-chroí

Irish

Etymology

From droch- +‎ croí.

Noun

droch-chroí m (genitive singular droch-chroí, nominative plural droch-chroíthe)

1. weak heart
2. evil disposition, ill will, ill nature

   Tá droch-chroí agam dó. ― I am ill-disposed towards him.

Declension

Declension of droch-chroí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative droch-chroí droch-chroíthe Vocative a dhroch-chroí a dhroch-chroíthe Genitive droch-chroí droch-chroíthe Dative droch-chroí droch-chroíthe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an droch-chroí na droch-chroíthe Genitive an droch-chroí na ndroch-chroíthe Dative leis an droch-chroí don droch-chroí leis na droch-chroíthe

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
droch-chroí	dhroch-chroí	ndroch-chroí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “droch-chroí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “droch-chroí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “droch-chroí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024