dúchroíoch

Irish

Etymology

From dú- (“black, dark; evil”) +‎ croí (“heart”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

dúchroíoch (genitive singular masculine dúchroíoch, genitive singular feminine dúchroíche, plural dúchroíocha, comparative dúchroíche)

Declension

Declension of dúchroíoch

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	dúchroíoch	dhúchroíoch	dúchroíocha; dhúchroíocha²
Vocative	dhúchroíoch	dhúchroíoch	dúchroíocha
Genitive	dhúchroíoch	dúchroíche	dúchroíocha	dúchroíoch
Dative	dúchroíoch; dhúchroíoch¹	dhúchroíoch	dúchroíocha; dhúchroíocha²
Comparative	níos dúchroíche
Superlative	is dúchroíche

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dúchroíoch	dhúchroíoch	ndúchroíoch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"dúchroíoch" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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