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Definition 2024
airitheach
airitheach
Irish
Adjective
airitheach (genitive singular masculine airithigh, genitive singular feminine airithí, plural airitheacha, comparative airithí)
- perceptive
- Alternative form of aireach (“careful, attentive; vigilant”)
Declension
Declension of airitheach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | airitheach | airitheach¹ | airitheacha³ | |
| Vocative | airithigh¹ | airitheach¹ | airitheacha | |
| Genitive | airithigh¹ | airithí (obsolete) airithighe |
airitheacha | airitheach |
| Dative | airitheach² | airitheach¹ (archaic) airithigh¹ |
airitheacha³ | |
| Comparative | airithí (obsolete) airithighe |
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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.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| airitheach | n-airitheach | hairitheach | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "airitheach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.