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)

  1. joyless, melancholic
  2. black-hearted, spiteful

Declension
Declension of dúchroíoch
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative dúchroíoch dhúchroíoch dúchroíocha;
dhúchroíocha²
Vocative dhúchroíoch dúchroíocha
Genitive 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
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