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”)

Synonyms

• dona
• olc

Antonyms

• deas
• maith

See also

• do-
• mí-
• ró-

Derived terms

Mutation