urchóideach

Irish

Etymology

From urchóid (“harm, iniquity; malignancy”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

urchóideach (genitive singular masculine urchóidigh, genitive singular feminine urchóidí, plural urchóideacha, comparative urchóidí)

1. harmful
2. (oncology) malignant

Declension

Declension of urchóideach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	urchóideach	urchóideach	urchóideacha
Vocative	urchóidigh		urchóideacha
Genitive		urchóidí	urchóideacha	urchóideach
Dative	urchóideach	urchóideach; urchóidigh (archaic)	urchóideacha
Comparative	níos urchóidí
Superlative	is urchóidí

Related terms

• urchóideacht

Noun

urchóideach m (genitive singular urchóidigh, nominative plural urchóidigh)

1. wicked, malignant person

Declension

Declension of urchóideach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative urchóideach urchóidigh Vocative a urchóidigh a urchóideacha Genitive urchóidigh urchóideach Dative urchóideach urchóidigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-urchóideach na hurchóidigh Genitive an urchóidigh na n-urchóideach Dative leis an urchóideach don urchóideach leis na hurchóidigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
urchóideach	n-urchóideach	hurchóideach	t-urchóideach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “urchóideach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “malignant”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024