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
- (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /d̪ˠɾˠɔx/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /d̪ˠɾˠʌx/
Prefix
droch-
- bad
- ill-, mal-
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”)
Synonyms
- dona
- olc
Antonyms
- deas
- maith
Derived terms
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- drochadhaint
- drochaicíd
- drochaigeanta
- drochaighneas
- drochaigne
- drochaimsir
- drochainm
- drochainte
- drochairgead
- drochairleacán
- drochairteagal
- drocháisc
- drocháise
- drocháiseach
- droch-aiste
- drochamharc
- drochamhras
- drochanáil
- droch-araí
- droch-araíonach
- drochbhail
- drochbharúil
- drochbhéal
- drochbheart
- drochbheartach
- drochbhéas
- drochbhéasach
- drochbheatha
- drochbheathach
- drochbhirt
- drochbhlas
- drochbhláth
- drochbhraon
- drochbhreith
- droch-chaidreamh
- droch-cháil
- droch-chaint
- droch-cheann
- droch-chiall
- droch-chlú
- droch-chóir
- droch-chomaoin
- droch-chor
- droch-chríoch
- droch-chroíoch
- droch-chumann
- droch-chur
- drochdhaoine
- drochdhathach
- drochdheireadh
- drochdheoir
- drochdhóigh
- drochéadáil
- drocheagar
- drochearra
- drochéasc
- drochfhadú
- drochfháisc
- drochfhéachaint
- drochfhéasóg
- drochfhiach
- drochfhuadar
- drochfhuil
- drochgháir
- drochghléas
- drochghnáthú
- drochghnó
- drochghnóthach
- drochghnúiseach
- drochghoilíoch
- drochghotha
- drochghuí
- drochiarraidh
- drochíde
- drochimeacht
- drochintinn
- drochintinneach
- drochiompar
- drochiompú
- drochiontaobhach
- drochiontaoibh
- drochlabhartha
- drochlámh
- drochleagan
- drochmhaitheas
- drochmheas
- drochmheasúil
- drochmhéin
- drochmhianach
- drochmhisneach
- drochmhúineadh
- drochmhuinín
- drochmhúinte
- drochnéal
- drochobair
- drochoiliúint
- drochoineach
- drochphláinéad
- drochráiteach
- drochrath
- drochribe
- drochríd
- drochruaig
- drochrud
- drochrún
- drochruthag
- drochruthagach
- drochscéal
- drochscéala
- drochscéalaí
- drochscéimh
- drochshá
- drochshampla
- drochshaol
- drochsheans
- drochsheasamh
- drochsheoladh
- drochshláinteach
- drochshúil
- drochspéir
- drochstiúir
- drochta
- drochthallann
- drochthátal
- drochtheagmhálaí
- drochtheanga
- drochtheist
- drochthiompar
- drochthréith
- drochthreo
- drochthuairisc
- drochthuar
- drochuair
See also
- do-
- mí-
- ró-
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.
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 droch”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, ISBN 9780901714299