droch-chruthach

Irish

Alternative forms

• droch-chrotach

Etymology

From droch- (“bad; poor, evil; ill-, un-”) +‎ cruth (“shape”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

droch-chruthach (genitive singular masculine droch-chruthaigh, genitive singular feminine droch-chruthaí, plural droch-chruthacha)

1. of bad appearance

Declension

Declension of droch-chruthach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	droch-chruthach	dhroch-chruthach	droch-chruthacha; dhroch-chruthacha²
Vocative	dhroch-chruthaigh		droch-chruthacha
Genitive		droch-chruthaí	droch-chruthacha	droch-chruthach
Dative	droch-chruthach; dhroch-chruthach¹	dhroch-chruthach; dhroch-chruthaigh (archaic)	droch-chruthacha; dhroch-chruthacha²
Comparative	níos droch-chruthaí
Superlative	is droch-chruthaí

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
droch-chruthach	dhroch-chruthach	ndroch-chruthach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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