Adjective
olc (comparative messa, superlative mesam)
- bad, evil
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 51b10
In tan as·mber Dauid “intellectum tibi dabo”, sech is arde són do·mbéra Día do neuch nod·n-eirbea ind ⁊ génas triit con·festar cid as imgabthi do dénum di ulc ⁊ cid as déinti dó di maith. Aithesc trá lesom insin a persin Dǽ.- When David says, “I will give thee understanding”, that is a sign that God will give to everyone that will trust in him, and work through him, that he may know what evil he must avoid doing, and what good he must do. He has then here a reply in the person of God.
- (nominalized, neuter) evil
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 144d3
Nach torbatu coitchenn ro·boí indib fri dénum n-uilc, at·rubalt tar hǽsi á pectha.- Any common advantage that had been in them for doing evil, it has perished for their sin.
Inflection
Due to the adjective's near-exclusive use as a nominative predicative adjective (with the prefix droch serving attributive function), inflections of the adjective are rarely, if ever, encountered. However, inflections of substantivized forms of this adjective are common.
More information o/ā-stem, Singular ...
o/ā-stem |
Singular |
Masculine |
Feminine |
Neuter |
Nominative |
olc |
olc |
olc |
Vocative |
uilc* olc** |
Accusative |
olc |
uilc |
Genitive |
uilc |
uilce |
uilc |
Dative |
ulc |
uilc |
ulc |
Plural |
Masculine |
Feminine/neuter |
Nominative |
uilc |
olca |
Vocative |
ulcu olca† |
Accusative |
ulcu olca† |
Genitive |
olc |
Dative |
olcaib |
Notes |
*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized |
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Mutation
More information Old Irish mutation, Radical ...
Old Irish mutation |
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
olc (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged |
n-olc |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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