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droch-

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See also: droch

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish droch (bad),[1] from Proto-Celtic *drukos. Cognates include Welsh drwg, Breton drog, Scottish Gaelic droch.

Pronunciation

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Prefix

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droch-

  1. bad
  2. ill-, mal-

Usage notes

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  • In Irish, this affix acts both as an adjectival prefix (creating adjectives) and as an adjectival (modifying nouns). It lenites the word to which it attaches:
It is written without a hyphen except for words beginning with ch:
  • droch- + ‎croí (heart) → ‎droch-chroí (weak heart; evil disposition, ill will)
  • droch- + ‎cumann (friendship, love; companionship, company) → ‎droch-chumann (bad companionship, evil association, illicit love)

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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Derived terms

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See also

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of droch-
radical lenition eclipsis
droch- dhroch- ndroch-

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 droch”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 242, page 122
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 70

Further reading

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