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achadh
achadh
Irish
Noun
achadh m (genitive singular achaidh, nominative plural achaidh)
Declension
Declension of achadh
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- Achadh Airt, Achadh Choinn (“Ireland”)
- Cúig Achadh Uisnigh (“the five fields of Uisneach, the five fifths of Ireland”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| achadh | n-achadh | hachadh | t-achadh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "achadh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “achad” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish achad m (“expanse of ground; pasture, field; field of battle”).
Noun
achadh m (genitive singular achaidh, plural achaidhean or achaidhnean)
- field, plain, meadow
- corn field newly cut or ready for reaping
- Bha sinn a' ceangal sguab 's an achadh.
- We were binding sheaves in the field.
- Bha sinn a' ceangal sguab 's an achadh.
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “achad” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.