anchroí

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish ancride.[1] By surface analysis, an- (bad) +‎ croí (heart).

Pronunciation

Noun

anchroí m (genitive singular anchroí)

  1. malevolence
    Synonyms: drochaigeantacht, droch-chroí, gangaid, nimh, olc

Declension

Declension of anchroí (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative anchroí
vocative a anchroí
genitive anchroí
dative anchroí
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an t-anchroí
genitive an anchroí
dative leis an anchroí
don anchroí

Mutation

Mutated forms of anchroí
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
anchroí n-anchroí hanchroí t-anchroí

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aincride”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 9

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