urchóid

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɾˠəˈxoːdʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɾˠəxoːdʲ/
• (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

Mutated forms of urchóid

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
urchóid	n-urchóid	hurchóid	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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