urchoscacht

Irish

Etymology

From urchosc (“prophylactic”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

urchoscacht f (genitive singular urchoscachta)

1. (medicine) prophylaxis

Declension

Declension of urchoscacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative urchoscacht Vocative a urchoscacht Genitive urchoscachta Dative urchoscacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an urchoscacht Genitive na hurchoscachta Dative leis an urchoscacht don urchoscacht

Related terms

• urchoscach (“prophylactic”, adjective)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “urchoscacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN