urchosc

Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

urchosc m (genitive singular urchoisc, nominative plural urchoisc)

verbal noun of urchoisc
(law) bar
(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

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
urchosc	n-urchosc	hurchosc	t-urchosc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“airchosc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Further reading

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

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