droch-chroí

Irish

Etymology

From droch- +‎ croí.

Noun

droch-chroí m (genitive singular droch-chroí, nominative plural droch-chroíthe)

1. weak heart
2. evil disposition, ill will, ill nature

   Tá droch-chroí agam dó. ― I am ill-disposed towards him.

Declension

Declension of droch-chroí (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative droch-chroí droch-chroíthe vocative a dhroch-chroí a dhroch-chroíthe genitive droch-chroí droch-chroíthe dative droch-chroí droch-chroíthe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an droch-chroí na droch-chroíthe genitive an droch-chroí na ndroch-chroíthe dative leis an droch-chroí don droch-chroí leis na droch-chroíthe

Mutation

Mutated forms of droch-chroí

radical	lenition	eclipsis
droch-chroí	dhroch-chroí	ndroch-chroí

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) “droch-chroí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “droch-chroí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “droch-chroí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024