adj. forming compd. with follg. word. Exceptions:
isna drocho doini gl. in malos,
Ml. 24b4
(leg. drochdoini?).
d.¤ do drochaib, dag do dagaib,
Corm. Y 483
. In Wb. appears
as drog- before consonants:
drogduine,
1c10
,
droggnímo,
6a8
,
drogscéla,
26b23
. With assimilation: drochomairle (= drochch.),
Ml. 72b2
, cf.
23c7
;
drochiall,
Aen. 2251
,
Cóir Anm. 29
;
drocuit (drochchuit),
Cog. 60.24
; drogniim (= drog-g.),
Wb.
6a8
, cf.
25c23
,
27c13
. In later lang. droich- before palatals.
Bad
, either in physical or moral sense, oppd. to dag-
(deg-) good. Equated with am-:
amnas .i. am-innas .i. d.¤-
innas,
Thes. ii 352.30
. With do-: d.¤-ailchi vices,
Laws v 456.13
(gl. doailche). With mí-: d.¤-focul (gl. mifocul),
i 148.6
.
mi-rind .i. d.¤-rinn,
Corm. Y 882
.
mishilliud .i. droch-shilliud,
858
.
droch .i. olc,
483
;
.i. gach n-olc,
427
.
(a) With subst. e.g.
¤aer
bad air
,
Maund. 249
.
¤aisling,
139
.
¤amser,
LL 360
marg.
¤bás,
Fier. 243
.
¤belach:
i ndroichbheilgibh,
Eochairsg. 17.7
.
¤blath,
ZCP i 459.19
.
¤bliadain,
ML 6.2
.
¤chairt a bad manuscript
,
Lism. L. 4527
.
¤chélmaine,
CCath. 4051
.
¤delb,
Ériu iv 102.17
.
¤diach evil destiny,
CCath. 6103
.
¤étach,
TSh. 2719
; g
s. as attrib.
badly clad (?):
mairg do neoch bis co drochétaid (drochedaig
, MS.)
doichlech,
ACL iii 221.19
.
do fhóir . . . an mhnaoi nduaibhsigh ndroichéidigh,
3 C 12, 357.8
.
¤ḟágbála
evil bequests
,
Fen. 200.12
.
¤ḟáistine:
ag drochfháisdine do Chormac 'prophesying ill for Cormac',
BDC 226.69
.
is ba drochfháistine dō-san sin,
Keat. iii 3129
.
¤iartaigi
evil consequences
,
PH 3283
.
¤lepaid,
TFerbe 701
.
¤lind
noxious humour
(med.),
23 P 10, 78
.
¤menma
dejection, despondency
,
LU 3958
(
SCC § 45
);
Aen. 691
.
¤rann,
Fél. Jan. 10
;
Lism. L. 2113
.
¤rosc,
Tec. Corm. § 34.10
.
¤scél
bad tidings
,
Ml. 129a12
; in moral sense,
86b3
(gl. fabula).
¤ṡín,
Fl. Earls 10.5
.
¤
thuar
,
Keat. iii 3131
.
Of moral qualities, actions, etc.
¤airiltiu
ill deserts
,
Ml.
103b5
;
RC xxv 242 § 15
.
¤ammus,
BS 2 § 2
.
¤banais : trí fóindil drochbanais 'three strayings of bad womanhood'
Triads § 181
.
¤bert,
TSh.
5360
.
¤bés,
SG 281.22
.
¤breth,
ZCP ix 262.13
.
¤cherd,
PH
7607
.
¤chiall
folly, senselessness
,
SR 850
;
Aen. 2251
.
tria
drochcēll,
O'Dav. 1000
.
¤chomairle,
Ml. 23c7
.
¤chride,
KMMisc. 146 § 7
.
¤dál,
SR 6934
.
¤enech,
Corm. Y 934
;
BCC
§ 138
.
¤esimplair,
PH 7471
.
¤ḟeras : tréde faillsigedar cach ndrochḟeras 'three things that show a bad man'
Triads § 197
.
¤gaidhealg (of gramm. faults in
verse),
IGT Metr. Faults § 149
, cf.
§ 140.13
.
¤glúasacht an evil emotion:
mailli rē claonadh do chum gach uilc ┐ drochghluasachta,
Celtica i 189.930
.
crēd dā ngoirend tú drochghluasachta?,
189.931
.
¤gním,
Wb. 6a8
;
Ml. 90d11
.
¤imchur
ill behaviour
,
ZCP iv 430.20
.
¤impide,
Fél. 94.31
.
¤imrád,
Wb. 3d5
;
Ml. 83c11
.
¤mian
malice
,
Keat.
iii 5630
.
¤ráitechas
slander
:
da'gcleachtadh neoch ar biodh dhrochráiteachus & mhealtoracht,
Adtimchiol 210b3
.
is aile les sind do bhacadh o droch raiteachas,
Adtimchiol 211a1
.
¤rún,
TBC-I¹ 1691
; etlod tri ormath .i. in drochrusc (béim súla, drochsúil, v.ll.) 'stealing away through envy, i.e. the evil eye'
Celtica xxiv 35
.
TSh. 739
.
¤spirat,
ZCP ii 242 § 139
.
¤ṡúil
evil eye
,
Mark vii 22
.
¤thengae,
RC xiv 424 § 45
.
With vn.:
¤bualad,
Fianaig. 94.18
.
¤corugud an gaili
derangement of the stomach
,
23 P 10, 15b31
. ní dá bhfuil san
leabhar-so arna droichdhearmaid nó arna dhroichsgríobhadh
anything faultily omitted or wrongly written,
O'Gr. Cat. 360
.
Of persons:
droch-amus,
PH 5017
.
¤ben,
MacCongl. 73.26
.
airdena drochmná,
ZCP viii 113.21
.
¤duine,
Wb. 1c10
;
PH 7419
;
Laws iii 246.6
.
¤ḟer,
Corm. Y 427
.
¤ḟorcetlaid,
PH 4645
.
¤ḟlaith,
MacCongl. 73.27
.
¤laech,
TBC-LL¹ 1660
;
BDD
§ 79
.
¤mac,
SR 6148
.
¤rí,
Ml. 105b1
.
Occas. as disparaging particle,
low in degree, mean: drochdán (gl. fodána),
Laws v 108.33
. ferr d.¤-dán dilmaine,
Thurn. Zu Ir. Hss. 16.3
.
¤duine:
ní d.¤-duine . . . acht mac
airdrigh,
CCath. 4044
.
cor' marb moran do d.¤-dāinib,
RC
xviii 167.7
.
(b) With adj. formed from subst. droch-bhlasda
ill-tasting
,
Eochairsg. 69.35
.
¤dhaite
ill-coloured
,
Ériu v 174.183
.
¤delbach,
SG 308.6
.
¤gnímach,
Isaiah ix 17
.
¤thengthach,
Ériu
iv 32.1
. With participle: drochcumtha
misshapen
,
RC xxvi
160.6
.
¤chóirighthe
ill-arranged, ill-proportioned
,
ML 134.26
.
¤ordaighthe
inordinate
,
Luc. Fid. 154.7
. Exceptionally with
other adjj.: bid tana droichbheo (= tenues et valetudinarii
vivunt),
23 K 42, 31.21
.
(c) With vb.: do droch-dénuinn I would do badly,
O'Gr. Cat. 135.25
. an té d.¤-gabhus deachmhaidh who takes tithes
wrongfully,
IGT Introd. § 103
. dia nd.¤-leigistir if it is not
rightly treated (of ophthalmia),
3 C 19, 99va14
. do dhroichmheisnigheadar ar gcroidhe have discouraged our heart,
Deuteronomy
i 28
, cf.
Numbers xxi 4
.
droch .i. dorcha,
O'Cl.
;
dark, obscure
,
P. O'C.
, is prob. due
to some special application of this word.