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droch-

droch-

See also: droch

Irish

Prefix

droch-

  1. bad
  2. ill-, mal-

Usage notes

  • In Irish, this affix acts both as a adjectival prefix (creating adjectives) and as an adjectival (modifying nouns). It lenites the word to which it attaches:
    droch- + duine (person)drochdhuine (bad person)
    droch- + focal (word)drochfhocal (bad word)
  • It is written without a hyphen except for words beginning with ch:
    droch- + croí (heart)droch-chroí (weak heart; evil disposition, ill will)
    droch- + cumann (friendship, love; companionship, company)droch-chumann (bad companionship, evil association, illicit love)

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<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Irish_words_prefixed_with_droch-'>Irish words prefixed with droch-</a>

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
droch- dhroch- ndroch-
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.