urchóideacht

Irish

Etymology

From urchóid (“harm, iniquity; malignancy”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

urchóideacht f (genitive singular urchóideachta)

1. harmfulness, wickedness
2. (oncology) malignancy (presence of growth)

Declension

Declension of urchóideacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative urchóideacht vocative a urchóideacht genitive urchóideachta dative urchóideacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an urchóideacht genitive na hurchóideachta dative leis an urchóideacht don urchóideacht

Synonyms

• (malignancy): urchóid

Related terms

• urchóideach (“harmful; malignant”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of urchóideacht

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
urchóideacht	n-urchóideacht	hurchóideacht	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) “urchóideacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “malignancy”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024