urchóid

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish erchót, verbal noun of ar·coat (“to hinder”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

urchóid f (genitive singular urchóide, nominative plural urchóidí)

  1. harm, iniquity
  2. (oncology) malignancy
  3. (literary) malignant being

Declension

Declension of urchóid (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative urchóid urchóidí
vocative a urchóid a urchóidí
genitive urchóide urchóidí
dative urchóid urchóidí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an urchóid na hurchóidí
genitive na hurchóide na n-urchóidí
dative leis an urchóid
don urchóid 		leis na hurchóidí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of urchóid
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
urchóid n-urchóid hurchóid not applicable

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), “airchót”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 250, page 125
  3. ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 444, page 122
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 138, page 54

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “urchóid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “urchóid”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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