droch-

Etymology
From, from. Cognates include 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Prefix

 * 1) bad
 * 2) ill-, mal-

Usage notes

 * In Irish, this affix acts both as an adjectival prefix (creating adjectives) and as an adjectival (modifying nouns). It lenites the word to which it attaches:
 * It is written without a hyphen except for words beginning with ch:
 * It is written without a hyphen except for words beginning with ch:
 * It is written without a hyphen except for words beginning with ch: