urchoscach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From urchosc (“prophylactic”, noun) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]urchoscach (genitive singular masculine urchoscaigh, genitive singular feminine urchoscaí, plural urchoscacha, comparative urchoscaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of urchoscach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | urchoscach | urchoscach | urchoscacha | |
| Vocative | urchoscaigh | urchoscacha | ||
| Genitive | urchoscaí | urchoscacha | urchoscach | |
| Dative | urchoscach | urchoscach; urchoscaigh (archaic) |
urchoscacha | |
| Comparative | níos urchoscaí | |||
| Superlative | is urchoscaí | |||
Synonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- urchoscacht (“prophylaxis”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| urchoscach | n-urchoscach | hurchoscach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “urchoscach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “prophylactic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024