urchoisc

Irish

Etymology 1

From urchosc (“bar; prophylactic”), from Old Irish airchosc (“check, hindrance; antidote, spell”). By surface analysis, ur- +‎ coisc.

Verb

urchoisc (present analytic urchoisceann, future analytic urchoiscfidh, verbal noun urchosc, past participle urchoiscthe)

1. (transitive, law) bar

Conjugation

conjugation of urchoisc (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	urchoiscim	urchoisceann tú; urchoiscir†	urchoisceann sé, sí	urchoiscimid	urchoisceann sibh	urchoisceann siad; urchoiscid†	a urchoisceann; a urchoisceas / a n-urchoisceann*	urchoisctear
	past	d'urchoisc mé; d'urchoisceas / urchoisc mé‡; urchoisceas‡	d'urchoisc tú; d'urchoiscis / urchoisc tú; urchoiscis‡	d'urchoisc sé, sí / urchoisc sé, sí‡	d'urchoisceamar; d'urchoisc muid / urchoisceamar; urchoisc muid‡	d'urchoisc sibh; d'urchoisceabhair / urchoisc sibh; urchoisceabhair‡	d'urchoisc siad; d'urchoisceadar / urchoisc siad; urchoisceadar‡	a d'urchoisc / ar urchoisc*	urchoisceadh; hurchoisceadh†
	past habitual	d'urchoiscinn / urchoiscinn‡; n-urchoiscinn‡‡	d'urchoiscteá / urchoiscteá‡; n-urchoiscteᇇ	d'urchoisceadh sé, sí / urchoisceadh sé, sí‡; n-urchoisceadh sé, s퇇	d'urchoiscimis; d'urchoisceadh muid / urchoiscimis; urchoisceadh muid‡; n-urchoiscimis‡‡; n-urchoisceadh muid‡‡	d'urchoisceadh sibh / urchoisceadh sibh‡; n-urchoisceadh sibh‡‡	d'urchoiscidís; d'urchoisceadh siad / urchoiscidís; urchoisceadh siad‡; n-urchoiscidís‡‡; n-urchoisceadh siad‡‡	a d'urchoisceadh / a n-urchoisceadh*	d'urchoisctí / urchoisctí‡; n-urchoisct퇇
future		urchoiscfidh mé; urchoiscfead	urchoiscfidh tú; urchoiscfir†	urchoiscfidh sé, sí	urchoiscfimid; urchoiscfidh muid	urchoiscfidh sibh	urchoiscfidh siad; urchoiscfid†	a urchoiscfidh; a urchoiscfeas / a n-urchoiscfidh*	urchoiscfear
conditional		d'urchoiscfinn / urchoiscfinn‡; n-urchoiscfinn‡‡	d'urchoiscfeá / urchoiscfeá‡; n-urchoiscfeᇇ	d'urchoiscfeadh sé, sí / urchoiscfeadh sé, sí‡; n-urchoiscfeadh sé, s퇇	d'urchoiscfimis; d'urchoiscfeadh muid / urchoiscfimis‡; urchoiscfeadh muid‡; n-urchoiscfimis‡‡; n-urchoiscfeadh muid‡‡	d'urchoiscfeadh sibh / urchoiscfeadh sibh‡; n-urchoiscfeadh sibh‡‡	d'urchoiscfidís; d'urchoiscfeadh siad / urchoiscfidís‡; urchoiscfeadh siad‡; n-urchoiscfidís‡‡; n-urchoiscfeadh siad‡‡	a d'urchoiscfeadh / a n-urchoiscfeadh*	d'urchoiscfí / urchoiscfí‡; n-urchoiscf퇇
subjunctive	present	go n-urchoisce mé; go n-urchoiscead†	go n-urchoisce tú; go n-urchoiscir†	go n-urchoisce sé, sí	go n-urchoiscimid; go n-urchoisce muid	go n-urchoisce sibh	go n-urchoisce siad; go n-urchoiscid†	—	go n-urchoisctear
	past	dá n-urchoiscinn	dá n-urchoiscteá	dá n-urchoisceadh sé, sí	dá n-urchoiscimis; dá n-urchoisceadh muid	dá n-urchoisceadh sibh	dá n-urchoiscidís; dá n-urchoisceadh siad	—	dá n-urchoisctí
imperative		urchoiscim	urchoisc	urchoisceadh sé, sí	urchoiscimis	urchoiscigí; urchoiscidh†	urchoiscidís	—	urchoisctear
verbal noun		urchosc
past participle		urchoiscthe

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

urchoisc m

1. inflection of urchosc:
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Mutated forms of urchoisc

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
urchoisc	n-urchoisc	hurchoisc	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) “urchoisc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN