urchóideach

Irish

Etymology

From urchóid (“harm, iniquity; malignancy”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɾˠəˈxoːdʲəx/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈʊɾˠəxoːdʲəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʌɾˠəxɔdʲa(x)/

Adjective

urchóideach (genitive singular masculine urchóidigh, genitive singular feminine urchóidí, plural urchóideacha, comparative urchóidí)

1. harmful
2. (oncology) malignant

Declension

Declension of urchóideach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	urchóideach	urchóideach	urchóideacha
vocative	urchóidigh		urchóideacha
genitive		urchóidí	urchóideacha	urchóideach
dative	urchóideach	urchóideach; urchóidigh (archaic)	urchóideacha
Comparative	níos urchóidí
Superlative	is urchóidí

Related terms

• urchóideacht

Noun

urchóideach m (genitive singular urchóidigh, nominative plural urchóidigh)

1. wicked, malignant person

Declension

Declension of urchóideach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative urchóideach urchóidigh vocative a urchóidigh a urchóideacha genitive urchóidigh urchóideach dative urchóideach urchóidigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-urchóideach na hurchóidigh genitive an urchóidigh na n-urchóideach dative leis an urchóideach don urchóideach leis na hurchóidigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of urchóideach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
urchóideach	n-urchóideach	hurchóideach	t-urchóideach

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) “urchóideach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “malignant”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024