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airceach
airceach
See also: Aircéach
Irish
Alternative forms
Adjective
airceach (genitive singular masculine aircigh, genitive singular feminine aircí, plural airceacha, comparative aircí)
Declension
Declension of airceach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | airceach | airceach¹ | airceacha³ | |
| Vocative | aircigh¹ | airceach¹ | airceacha | |
| Genitive | aircigh¹ | aircí (obsolete) aircighe |
airceacha | airceach |
| Dative | airceach² | airceach¹ (archaic) aircigh¹ |
airceacha³ | |
| Comparative | aircí (obsolete) aircighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- airceachán m (“voracious eater”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| airceach | n-airceach | hairceach | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "airceach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.