droch-chruthach
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From droch- (“bad; poor, evil; ill-, un-”) + cruth (“shape”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
droch-chruthach (genitive singular masculine droch-chruthaigh, genitive singular feminine droch-chruthaí, plural droch-chruthacha)
- of bad appearance
Declension
Declension of droch-chruthach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | droch-chruthach | dhroch-chruthach | droch-chruthacha; dhroch-chruthacha² | |
| Vocative | dhroch-chruthaigh | droch-chruthacha | ||
| Genitive | droch-chruthaí | droch-chruthacha | droch-chruthach | |
| Dative | droch-chruthach; dhroch-chruthach¹ |
dhroch-chruthach; dhroch-chruthaigh (archaic) |
droch-chruthacha; dhroch-chruthacha² | |
| Comparative | níos droch-chruthaí | |||
| Superlative | is droch-chruthaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “droch-chruthach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN