urchoscach

Irish

Etymology

From urchosc (“prophylactic”, noun) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

urchoscach (genitive singular masculine urchoscaigh, genitive singular feminine urchoscaí, plural urchoscacha, comparative urchoscaí)

1. (medicine) prophylactic

Declension

Declension of urchoscach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
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

• próifiolacsach

Related terms

• urchoscacht (“prophylaxis”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

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