urchóid

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)

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

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

• 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

• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “airchót”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN

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.