droch-
See also: droch
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish droch (“bad”), from Proto-Celtic *drukos. Cognates include Welsh drwg, Breton drog, Scottish Gaelic droch.
Pronunciation
Prefix
droch-
Usage notes
- In Irish, this affix acts both as an adjectival prefix (creating adjectives) and as an adjectival (modifying nouns). It lenites the word to which it attaches:
- droch- + duine (“person”) → drochdhuine (“bad person”)
- droch- + focal (“word”) → drochfhocal (“bad word”)
- It is written without a hyphen except for words beginning with ch:
- droch- + croí (“heart”) → droch-chroí (“weak heart; evil disposition, ill will”)
- droch- + cumann (“friendship, love; companionship, company”) → droch-chumann (“bad companionship, evil association, illicit love”)
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Derived terms
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Derived terms
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See also
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| droch- | dhroch- | ndroch- |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "droch-" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “1 droch” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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