urchoscach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom urchosc (“prophylactic”, noun) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
editurchoscach (genitive singular masculine urchoscaigh, genitive singular feminine urchoscaí, plural urchoscacha, comparative urchoscaí)
Declension
editDeclension of urchoscach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | urchoscach | urchoscach | urchoscacha | |
Vocative | urchoscaigh | urchoscacha | ||
Genitive | urchoscaí | urchoscacha | urchoscach | |
Dative | urchoscach | urchoscach; urchoscaigh (archaic) |
urchoscacha | |
Comparative | níos urchoscaí | |||
Superlative | is urchoscaí |
Synonyms
editRelated terms
edit- urchoscacht (“prophylaxis”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
urchoscach | n-urchoscach | hurchoscach | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “urchoscach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “prophylactic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024