urchóid

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ʊɾˠəˈxoːdʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈʊɾˠəxoːdʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʌɾˠəxɔdʲ/

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 (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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “airchót”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “urchóid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “urchóid”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 54