urchosc

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish airchosc (“check, hindrance; antidote, spell”).

Noun

urchosc m (genitive singular urchoisc, nominative plural urchoisc)

1. verbal noun of urchoisc
2. (law) bar
3. (medicine) prophylactic

Declension

Declension of urchosc (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative urchosc urchoisc vocative a urchoisc a urchosca genitive urchoisc urchosc dative urchosc urchoisc forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-urchosc na hurchoisc genitive an urchoisc na n-urchosc dative leis an urchosc don urchosc leis na hurchoisc

Derived terms

• urchoisc (“bar”, verb)
• urchoscach (“prophylactic”, adjective)
• urchoscacht (“prophylaxis”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of urchosc

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
urchosc	n-urchosc	hurchosc	t-urchosc

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “airchosc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “urchosc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN