droch

See also: droch-

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drox/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *drukos (compare Welsh drwg).

Adjective

droch

1. bad

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *drokos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-.

Noun

droch m

1. wheel
2. circlet

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms

• (wheel): roth

Related terms

• drochet (“bridge”)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
droch	droch pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndroch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish droch (“bad”), from Proto-Celtic *drukos.

Adjective

droch (comparative miosa)

1. bad

Usage notes

• Unlike the majority of Scottish Gaelic adjectives, droch precedes the noun and lenites it.
• Cannot be used on its own (without a noun).
• Often prefixed to words to indicate a malignant subject, similarly to English ill-, as seen in Derived terms below.

Synonyms

• dona
• olc

Derived terms

Terms derived from droch

• droch-bheart (“vice, sin”)
• droch-bheul (“impudence”)
• droch-chliùiteach (“infamous”)

• droch-fhacal (“curse”)
• droch-ghiùlan (“misbehaviour”)

• droch isean (“brat”)
• droch shùil (“evil eye”)