Irish
Etymology
From droch- + croí.
Noun
droch-chroí m (genitive singular droch-chroí, nominative plural droch-chroíthe)
- weak heart
- evil disposition, ill will, ill nature
- Tá droch-chroí agam dó. ― I am ill-disposed towards him.
Declension
Declension of droch-chroí (fourth declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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droch-chroí
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droch-chroíthe
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| vocative
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a dhroch-chroí
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a dhroch-chroíthe
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| genitive
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droch-chroí
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droch-chroíthe
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| dative
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droch-chroí
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droch-chroíthe
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Mutation
Mutated forms of droch-chroí
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| droch-chroí
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dhroch-chroí
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ndroch-chroí
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “droch-chroí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “droch-chroí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “droch-chroí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025