urchóid

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish airchót n (“act of harming, injuring, harm, injury, damage; harmful or malignant being”).

Noun

urchóid f (genitive singular urchóide, nominative plural urchóidí)

Declension

Declension of urchóid

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	urchóid	urchóidí
Vocative	a urchóid	a urchóidí
Genitive	urchóide	urchóidí
Dative	urchóid	urchóidí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an urchóid	na hurchóidí
Genitive	na hurchóide	na n-urchóidí
Dative	leis an urchóid don urchóid	leis na hurchóidí

Derived terms

Derived terms

neamhurchóid (“harmlessness, inoffensiveness”)

urchóideach (“harmful, malignant”, adjective)

urchóideach (“wicked, malignant person”)

urchóideacht (“harmfulness, wickedness; malignancy”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
urchóid	n-urchóid	hurchóid	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“airchót” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Further reading

"urchóid" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“evil” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
“foulness” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
“iniquity” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
“malignancy” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
“wickedness” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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